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The 3.6-liter engine relies on a variable-geometry, turbocharged engine to crank up to 480 horsepower and a top speed of 192 mph, with an average Porsche-specified gas consumption of about 22 mpg.
Going Topless at 170 MPH in the Porsche Turbo Cabriolet 2007
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The bomber, though heavy, had the advantage of variable-geometry wings.
Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003
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The bomber, though heavy, had the advantage of variable-geometry wings.
Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003
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GCS ground control station glove located at the pivots on variable-geometry aircraft.
FM 44-80 Visual Aircraft Recognition - Glossary United States Army 1993
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It features variable-geometry (swing) wings mounted at mid-fuselage.
Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990
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In some applications, vacuum pumps also deliver non-braking functions such as actuation for variable-geometry turbochargers.
unknown title 2011
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The General Dynamics F-111, a supersonic, March 1.2, variable-geometry strike aircraft, first flew in 1967, and had seen service in Vietnam, Libya, and Iraq.
Arsenal News Blog 2010
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The engine also uses a Honeywell Turbo Technology variable-geometry turbocharger optimised in terms of its size.
Autoblog Green Xavier Navarro 2010
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The Jaguar system uses a larger, variable-geometry turbocharger more of the time, which not only reduces pumping losses, but also improves fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Autoblog Green Sam Abuelsamid 2010
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Powered by two 20,900 thrust-pound, afterburner-equipped Pratt and Whitney TF30-P-414A turbofans, the swing-wing, variable-geometry fighter, whose sweepback varies from 20 degrees in the forward to 68 degrees in the aft position, was the 331st such Tomcat airframe to roll off the nearby
Arsenal News Blog 2010
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