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 way to determine which of the two causes this, is to take off the cylinder head, turn engine on forward center and open throttle slightly.
From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.
Forward went Bill’s stick and he dived for the buildings with a wide open throttle.
From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Sainsbury, Noel
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
