Fighters did not need the range?
from Fw190 Range and Endurance Calculations
A-8 clean(no ETC) / A-8 (FB, SC500)
0.3km2300rpm, 360kg/hr > 615km / 575km, 40km diff
2.0km 2300rpm, 370kg/hr > 635km / 590km, 45km diff
3.0km2300rpm, 350kg/hr > 665km / 610km, 55km diff
5.0km2300rpm, 360kg/hr > 695km / 630km, 65km diff
both had the aux 115l tank
Not much difference in range between a Jabo and a Jaegar. And, the jaegar needed that extra fuel just as much as the jabos did in a sky filled with e/a.
Was it not mentioned that C3 injection used 70l/5min (840l/hr)? One can't get a performance boost without sacrificing range. Even for 15 min of C3 boost useage, this would burn 40% of the fuel in the main tanks. Was it 30kg you said the aux tank weighed? So the jaegars sacrificed range for a minimal weight saving?
They would not be flying at a speed to save fuel. That does not leave much fuel for flying to and from the air battle, never minding the search for the e/as and the home airfield in the typical Europian cloudy sky.
When were those A-8s produced? If prior to Aug/Sept, they would not have the yellow, white border decal shown, since there was no tank fitted. You can tell this because there is no access hatch above the large access hatch. You need to look harder for I have found numerous jaegar A-8s with the decal shown and many of those had the ETC fitted. The
red 22 of JG301, a fighter JG, had the aux tank fitted, for example.
You will find very few, if any, A-8s with GM1(nitrous oxide). The GM1 tank was different from the Aux tank.
Removing the aux tank was no simple job. After popping the bottom hatch, the oxygen spheres and the radio had to be removed and then reinstalled. One could not be sloppy when re-installing the oxygen spheres, since the Germans used pure oxygen.
