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I know I'm an utterly pedantic bottle-nosed dolphin,

but helicopters don't have afterburners. Unless they're Airwolf.

Edit: How strange. Filtering?

(wingnutkj, Mon 17 Nov 2003, 22:25, archived)

Maybe they do.

The UH-60, aka the Black Hawk, is jet-powered. It's possible that it has afterburners.

(CerberaSpeedTwelve, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 1:01, archived)

Nope.

A helicopter uses a jet engine differently. It doesn't just sit in the back and blow out hot gas...
There would be no point in a helicopter with an afterburner. Though plenty of helicopters are jet engine powered.

(Timmy (Esq), Tue 18 Nov 2003, 9:41, archived)

I think you mean

gas turbine...

(jasp, Thu 20 Nov 2003, 16:42, archived)

a jet engine is

a type of gas turbine. all it requires is that hot air resulting from combustion of the propellant be processed by a compressor in producing the motive force.

(rednc, Thu 20 Nov 2003, 17:12, archived)

Wrong.

The fastest helicopter - the British-built Lynx - utilizes after-burner thrust to increase forward motion. It's part of the design that allows it to top 250mph, if my memory serves.

PS Bottle-nosed dolphin. Fantastic.

(rednc, Thu 20 Nov 2003, 17:08, archived)

watermelon

now thats just neat! (the filter that is....now i understand the watermelonery)

(ratface, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 1:22, archived)

cranberry?

this is a theoretical test ;)

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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 18 Nov 2003, 13:31, archived)