For most people, the word "fast and the furious" is associated with the eponymous series of films about street racers. It so happened that many viewers who are fans of this film franchise do not know the true meaning of this word. If you belong to such people, then we are glad to welcome you! Here you can find the answer to your question.
The origins of the word
This may surprise someone, but afterburner is a term based on foreign roots. The original word forcage (forcer) is taken from the French language. It can be translated as "strongly strain", "force" or "force". Surprisingly, its original meaning is fully consistent with the meaning in which our contemporaries use it. But more about that - a little lower.
Meaning of the word
Fast and the Furious is a special mode of engine operation that is used to maximize the acceleration of a car, aircraft, boat and other vehicles.
When the engine enters this mode, it consumes more fuel than usual. This imposes certain restrictions, since due to the rapid consumption of fuel the engine cannot be in a forced state for too long. Aggressive operation of the engine can lead either to overheating, or to its complete destruction without the possibility of further recovery.
Fast and the Furious is a very useful feature in certain situations, but some manufacturers intentionally do not add it to their cars. For example, derated engines were very popular in the countries of the former Soviet Union, namely in rural areas. Such engines, although they did not have the possibility of maximum acceleration, but they could work on any type of fuel without problems.
Fast and Furious and Aviation
Fast and the Furious is a concept that many people associate only with cars. But about airplanes, as it seems to us, it’s also worth a word.
In modern passenger air liners, the engine boost function is absent as such. The last time this system was used in Tu-144 passenger liners, which were in use during the Soviet Union.
Fast and Furious
As mentioned earlier, Fast and the Furious is also a lucrative multi-million dollar series of films that has a huge fan base around the world. This may surprise many fans a lot, but in the original their favorite franchise is called The Fast And The Furious, which literally means “Fast and Furious”. The name “Fast and the Furious” was awarded to our megalopolitan epic by our localizers, and for more than 10 years it has been actively used in the CIS countries.