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there are three injection ports for the engine to cool itself, it can fly without any water but it does cool the engines operating temperature to allow for a higher rpm performance which increases thrust.

the fuel consumption at hover is higher because the aerodynamics of the aircraft are not able to work on the aircraft but the plane will limit itself in regards to temperature and engine rpm, i will work on finding some general numbers in regards to fuel consumption durring hover, that is after...

your right, the navy is stingy in the space, and now that i think about it i have seen the jumps your talking about.

the water is injected in three stages, the first is in the cooling air supply for some early turbines, the second is is in the combustion chamber air flow and the third is directly into the combustion chamber. it does not directly improve thrust but reduces engine temperature allowing the engine...

aviation measures in weights rather then gallons and of course in the US it is in pounds, had to mention because there are aroung 6 countries that use the harrier. the hover limitation is not solely on a time bases but on liitations of fuel availability and temperature of the engine so as not...

is there anyone still interested in this question, the thread looks pretty old and i might add a little on it.