Hi all,
first of all excuse my poor English.
I believe the M2k is over-consuming fuel.
Main caracteristics of Snecma M-53 are:
- consumption from 24,64 to 25,55 mg/NS. (Dry - no PC)
- Max thrust from 54,92 kN to 64,35kN (Dry - No PC)
Whatever the engine fitted on our beautiful bird, fuel flow should not exceed 100 kg/s. Short calculation, with worst config:
Thrust: 64,35kN - Consumption: 25,55 mg/NS : 64,35*1000*25,55 = 1644142,5 mg/s = 98,6 kg / min.
Except if I'm wrong, the bird is too thirsty at this stage :)
EDIT: with M-53P2, numbers are correct for the calculation.