Gas turbine engine fuel injector with multiple fuel circuits

An assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising:

• a fuel system including a fuel source and a fuel injector;
• the fuel injector including a nozzle and a plurality of discrete fuel circuits including a first fuel circuit, a second fuel circuit and a third fuel circuit;
• the nozzle extending axially along an axis to a nozzle tip;
• the first fuel circuit comprising a first fuel outlet disposed at the nozzle tip, the first fuel circuit configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle through the first fuel outlet along a first trajectory;
• the second fuel circuit comprising a plurality of second fuel outlets arranged circumferentially about the axis at the nozzle tip in a second fuel outlet array, the second fuel circuit further comprising a passage that extends to a first of the plurality of second fuel outlets, and the passage converges as the passage extends towards the first of the plurality of second fuel outlets, and the second fuel circuit configured to direct the fuel out of the nozzle through the first of the plurality of second fuel outlets along a second trajectory that is angularly offset from the first trajectory;
• the third fuel circuit comprising a plurality of third fuel outlets arranged circumferentially about the axis at the nozzle tip in a third fuel outlet array, the third fuel circuit is configured to direct the fuel out of the nozzle through a first of the plurality of third fuel outlets along a third trajectory that is angularly offset from the first trajectory;
• and
• the fuel system configured to deliver the fuel, during a first mode and a second mode, from the fuel source through the fuel injector where the first fuel circuit provides a first percentage of the fuel, the second fuel circuit provides a second percentage of the fuel and the third fuel circuit provides a third percentage of the fuel;
• wherein, during the first mode, the first percentage and the second percentage are greater than the third percentage;
• and
• wherein, during the second mode, the third percentage is greater than the first percentage and the second percentage.