Why does the shuttle throttle on ascent?

You airn't never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. I learned
that bit of wisdom from an air force jock. I can get lost at 150 kts.


On Jan 6, 11:31 pm, "Danny Deger" wrote:
"Danny Deger" wrote in m...

Why does the shuttle throttle to 3 Gs on ascent?The answer is:

So Navy Fighter pilots can fly the shuttle :-)

Danny Deger

P.S. I was an Air Force figher pilot.

"Tony" wrote in message
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You airn't never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. I learned
that bit of wisdom from an air force jock. I can get lost at 150 kts.


I have never been lost in an airplane. Though, I have suffered from
temperary disorintation due to poorly designed maps :-)

Danny Deger

You, like any other truthful person, talk about a temp disorientation
(because of badly designed maps? -- I like that!).

This is way off topic but it makes me smile and I hope it does that for
you, too.

A church was having a yard sale, and had big box of golf balls for
sale. The sign over the balls?

"I was lost, but now I'm found."

In that context, I'm still lost.




On Jan 7, 12:16 pm, "Danny Deger" wrote:
"Tony" wrote in glegroups.com...

You airn't never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. I learned
that bit of wisdom from an air force jock. I can get lost at 150 kts.I have never been lost in an airplane. Though, I have suffered from
temperary disorintation due to poorly designed maps :-)

Danny Deger

On 2007-01-07, Danny Deger wrote:

"Tony" wrote in message
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You airn't never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. I learned
that bit of wisdom from an air force jock. I can get lost at 150 kts.


I have never been lost in an airplane. Though, I have suffered from
temperary disorintation due to poorly designed maps :-)

I'm never lost - I'm always "here". The big question is of course where
"here" actuallyl is.

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Dylan Smith wrote in
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On 2007-01-07, Danny Deger wrote:

"Tony" wrote in message
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You airn't never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. I learned
that bit of wisdom from an air force jock. I can get lost at 150 kts.


I have never been lost in an airplane. Though, I have suffered from
temperary disorintation due to poorly designed maps :-)

I'm never lost - I'm always "here". The big question is of course where
"here" actuallyl is.

No matter where you go, there you are.

Brian
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Tony wrote:
You airn't never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. I learned
that bit of wisdom from an air force jock. I can get lost at 150 kts.


The first time I took my wife for a ride in a J-3 Cub we had a stiff
headwind that had us making 37 knots across the ground. We were over
territory she's flown 100 times in faster planes but didn't recognize
any of it because we were going so slow. She was convinced we were
drifting into controlled airspace 50 miles away.

--
Scott Post

Danny Deger wrote:

"Danny Deger" wrote in message
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Why does the shuttle throttle to 3 Gs on ascent?



The answer is:

So Navy Fighter pilots can fly the shuttle :-)

Danny Deger

P.S. I was an Air Force figher pilot.




Flare to land, squat to pee.

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Danny Deger wrote:
Why does the shuttle throttle to 3 Gs on ascent?

This is partly for the benefit of the passengers -- it's thought that a
healthy adult can be expected to take about 3G without testing -- and
partly to limit structural loads. (The Saturn V first stage shut down
its center engine early for the latter reason.)

There is also an earlier bit of throttle reduction, during the SRB burn,
done to keep speed down until the shuttle is out of the thickest air.
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"Henry Spencer" wrote

This is partly for the benefit of the passengers -- it's thought that a
healthy adult can be expected to take about 3G without testing -- and
partly to limit structural loads. (The Saturn V first stage shut down
its center engine early for the latter reason.)

The center engine shutting down is a fact that I had never heard, before
now.

Amazing what you can learn, hanging out here, if you take the time to listen
to ones with information to give. (unlike some we know)
--
Jim in NC

BTW "go at throttle up" is, as I understood, is simply a radio call to
confirm communication with the vehicle, same as the "roll program" call. Is
that correct?
Jim
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Henry Spencer" wrote

This is partly for the benefit of the passengers -- it's thought that a
healthy adult can be expected to take about 3G without testing -- and
partly to limit structural loads. (The Saturn V first stage shut down
its center engine early for the latter reason.)

The center engine shutting down is a fact that I had never heard, before
now.

Amazing what you can learn, hanging out here, if you take the time to
listen to ones with information to give. (unlike some we know)
--
Jim in NC