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Re: Mosquito fuel tank order change
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2009, 05:08:31 AM »
Thanks Scherf!  So it's pretty clear that the inner tanks are the best for agility.  It's less clear whether the auxiliary or outer tanks are the worse ones to have for maximum agility.  I would say it's probably better to have the extra pitch stability, than the extra roll rate.
As far as the fuel tank sizes go, there's an inconsistency between those in the literature and in AH:  The Mossie in the game has 170 gal. inner tanks, 70 gal. outer tanks, and 60 gal. of AUX fuel.
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Re: Mosquito fuel tank order change
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2009, 05:36:46 AM »
The difference is simply the conversion from our proper Imperial gallons to your silly US gallons, old boy.
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Re: Mosquito fuel tank order change
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2009, 05:40:54 AM »
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Re: Mosquito fuel tank order change
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2009, 06:04:07 AM »
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... missions were to be met by the commitment of alerted swarms of fighters, composed of Me 109's and Fw 190's, that were strategically based to protect industrial installations. The inferior capabilities of these fighters against the Mosquitoes made this a hopeless and uneconomical effort. 1.JD KTB

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Re: Mosquito fuel tank order change
« Reply #19 on: June 08, 2009, 12:03:56 AM »
Found a better sketch of the FB tanks (excluding the additional long-range tank which could be fitted into the bomb-bay) in the FB.VI Manual ('doh!). The tanks are outlined with dotted lines, note the position of the centre tank:

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Re: Mosquito fuel tank order change
« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2009, 09:04:57 AM »
Definitely looks like inner-outer-aux is the best order.
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