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Offline MANDO

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will 190s be fixed?
« Reply #30 on: December 07, 2005, 11:51:45 AM »
BTW, 196lbs of fuel is correct, but I assume the total weight post by Gatt: 265lbs. IMO, 69lbs seem quite heavy for that small tank.
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« Reply #31 on: December 07, 2005, 12:33:12 PM »
Well, looking at the manual you can see a lot of stuff togheter, around and connected with the aux tank. This could probably justify that weight. Just guessing.
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« Reply #32 on: December 07, 2005, 04:37:47 PM »
The problem is not the weight of the Zusatzkraftstoffbehälter im rumpf.  

The problem is the handling of aircraft with the tank mounted.  

The Zusatzkraftstoffbehälter im rumpf moved the CG to far rearward.  This caused the aircraft to become dangerously unstable and raised the stall speed.

To help correct this the ETC 501 was moved forward on the FW-190A8.  You cannot fly an FW-190A8 with the Zusatzkraftstoffbehälter im rumpf WITHOUT mounting the ETC 501 rack.

Now the preferred set up for long range fighter operations was the ETC 501 with Zusatzkraftstoffbehälter (300L Drop tank).  After the Zusatzkraftstoffbehälter was released the CG would be forward lowering the stall speed.  As the FW-190 was pretty unstable to begin with this was not a bad thing.

The Zusatzkraftstoffbehälter im rumpf was not popular with the fighter pilots due to the adverse handling characteristics of the aircraft and the extra weight on take off.

All the best,

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« Reply #33 on: December 07, 2005, 04:39:08 PM »
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Well, looking at the manual you can see a lot of stuff togheter, around and connected with the aux tank. This could probably justify that weight. Just guessing.


You have the brackets to mount the tank.  The tank itself weighs about 40kg's empty.

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