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Where is the thrust of the afterburner determined? I have some planes, like the Accel pack F-18, that the afterburner seems very realistic. When it kicks in, there is an obviously large increase in the thrust. But I have other planes where the AB makes very little difference if any. The only increase in thrust is the small amount the throttle is moved to go from 95% or 98% to 100%.

Here is what one of the ABs look on one of my planes in the cfg file

[TurbineEngineData]

fuel_flow_gain=0.012
inlet_area=5.0
rated_N2_rpm=18000.0
static_thrust=11875.0
afterburner_available=1
reverser_available=0


here is the Accelerations
[TurbineEngineData]
fuel_flow_gain          = 0.006                 //Gain on fuel flow
inlet_area              = 4.2895                //Square Feet, engine nacelle inlet area
rated_N2_rpm            = 16728                 //RPM, second stage compressor rated value
static_thrust           = 11000                 //Lbs, max rated static thrust at Sea Level
afterburner_available   = 6                     //Afterburner stages available?
afterburner_throttle_threshold = 0.80           //Percent of throttle range where a/b begins
reverser_available      = 0                     //Thrust reverser available?
ThrustSpecificFuelConsumption = 0.81             //Thrust specific fuel consumption (Jets)
AfterBurnThrustSpecificFuelConsumption = 1.74    //TSFC with afterburn/reheat engaged


from the look of it you want the static_thrust       ithink. not sure but it is worth a try