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While it is fascinating, this is a really long-winded and sort of rambling approach to an explanation of how the J58 worked. Even the Wikipedia page does a bett
by bcrescimanno 14y ago
While it is fascinating, this is a really long-winded and sort of rambling approach to an explanation of how the J58 worked. Even the Wikipedia page does a better job of describing the engine without all the filler of the author's need to type through his "geek out"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J58 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J58
- gcb 14y agoNot to mention that picture with the metal lighting up with the heat and the afterburner on full throttle
- Axsuul 14y agoAll that rambling is just his passion about the topic :)
- ktizo 14y agoHow is it long winded? I thought it was pretty concise. You could fill books on just that one engine.
- bcrescimanno 14y agoWhat's long-winded is the amount of text that's not actually related to the design and operation of the engine. The information he provided was actually fairly slim but there were a lot of proverbial "oohs and ahhs."