Anonymous #2 16h

It can dump fuel mid flight

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Anonymous OP 16h

Wow very cool, thanks for the explanation!

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Anonymous #2 16h

Also curious why it dumps fuel in that way? I mean very cool for photos and air shows but I don’t understand why they can’t dump fuel in a quieter / less viable way like other aircraft do

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Anonymous #2 15h

The fuel only catches fire when afterburning, but no purpose for the flames besides style points

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Anonymous OP 15h

I mean why not dump fuel from the wings or somewhere else to avoid it combusting at all?

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Anonymous #2 15h

I think the designer wanted the fire

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Anonymous OP 15h

Lmao I think they did too haha. It’s so funny learning about the design processes for so many famous aircraft cause obviously design requirements drive the design but so many things are decided on because engineers are nerds and these things just look sick. I remember reading something about Kelly Johnson where he said that aircraft that look beautiful are going to fly well. Maybe the same goes for planes that spit fire!

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