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From: berry@tolerant.UUCP (David Berry)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Thrust percentage
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 01:08:06 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  3 01:08:06 1986
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>      This has probably been discussed before, but as I have never read this
>      group before today, I would like to know exactly what the thrust
>      percentage is of. That is, what is the '104%' 104% **of**? When I first
>      heard this on earlier shuttle flights, I thought that it meant that the
>      shuttle was performing better than specifications, but during the ascents,
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	100% is the maximum amount of power which can be applied continuously.
The engines are actually capable of producing about 110% of the continuous
power rating.
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