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Old Nov 7, 2004 | 7:29 pm
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hnechets
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Originally Posted by steve64
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Jet engines spin much too fast for an electric motor to start them.

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Really good information, but could you explain (I admit this is a very special exception) how the F-15s here do their engine starts out on the tarmac? I'm not talking about the hydrazine emergency air-start that the F-16s use, just the -15s sitting there spooling up left-engine-right engine? It is a distinctive noise and you can clearly hear when the starters quit and the engines spool up with their turbine noise.

Just wondering...
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