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From: jallred@bbn.com (John Allred)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Afterburners on military aircraft question.
Keywords: Simulators
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Date: 10 Jun 89 05:40:29 GMT
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From: jallred@bbn.com (John Allred)

In article <7286@cbnews.ATT.COM> bash@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Basham) writes:
>I have looked in F-16 cockpits at airshows and looked through reams of
>pictures, but can find no indication of "levels of afterburners" on an
>F-16, or any other jet.  The question of the day is:  Is there such a
>thing?  Due to the keyboard layout, it makes the game more difficult.
>The designers have put so much effort in making this thing fly so well,
>why did they insert this kludge (if indeed it is a kludge)?
>
>If there really is such a thing, how does the pilot control the amount
>of 'burner, and how is this level displayed?

I can offer some insight, as I help developed an "F-16 like" aircraft 
simulation recently.  According to our co-contractor, the throttle
used in the simulation just like the real F-16 throttle.  At throttle settings
below afterburner, the throttle is very smooth; in the afterburner range,
the throttle had several detents.  Hence, one could select some number of
detents of afterburner.

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John Allred
BBN Systems and Technologies Corp.
(jallred@bbn.com)

"Argue for your limitations, and you get to keep them." -- R. Bach