open throttle
Example Sentences
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Specifically, the Senate bill would require automobiles to be able to stop within a certain distance, even with an open throttle, a priority with safety advocates for many years.
From New York Times • May 4, 2010
Thus a signal for increased speed will open throttle valves, turn electric switches, regulate the supply of oil pouring into the boilers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The plane was beyond his control, and racing earthward with wide open throttle at a hair-raising rate of speed.
From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Sainsbury, Noel
The character of combustion may be judged by the color of the flame which issues from it when the engine is running with an open throttle after nightfall.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
He rammed the palm of his free hand hard against the already wide open throttle, as though if in so doing he might get increased speed out of the plane.
From Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Bowen, Robert Sydney
