Talk:Throttle
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Some form of this article needs to exist to link together throttle body, carburetor, and gas pedal/accelerator. This article overlaps significantly with those articles, and this article is a tad schizophrenic, but I still think this page is still useful, as many articles want to link to the general idea of a throttle, without specifying fuel-injected or non-fuel-injected throttles. Also, the gas pedal bit doesn't really have a home, and I think that information should be located here while it's still a stub. Also, it may be generally interesting to compare/contrast how different engines do power regulation. --Interiot 16:29, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Afterburners
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- Some military aircraft have a feature known as afterburner. This gives the aircraft far more speed. On these aircraft the throttle has an indent in order to push it into afterburner. Some aircraft have another indent ahead of this which is used for combat situations, however this is rarely used as it damages the engine and airframe.
...because this has nothing to do with the subject of the article. "Throttle" is used here to refer to the power control lever used by the pilot. Paul Beardsell 19:41, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
