Spitfire Mk VIII and Mk IX

[Chalenge]

The slipper tanks we have are 36 gallons, yet the Spitfire Mk VIII used 30, 90, and 170 and the Mk IX used 30, 45, and 90 gallon tanks with the added potential for a 50 gallon center line tank (like those on our Typhoon)?

I wish it were so here in AH! 

[R 105]

 The Typhoon is hardly the picture of fuel economy lol. Even with 100% fuel and drop tanks it still only has the range of a P-51D with a bit over a quarter tank of fuel. But I might use the Spitfires more if the had more fuel capability as long as it is a historical fuel load. Other wise HTC would not let it in the game and correctly so.

[Karnak]

I'll have to check my references when I get home, but was the 90 gallon a ferry tank?  If so it wasn't used in combat.

The Spitfire Mk VIII actually has decent range in AH, particularly with a slipper tank.  One of the reasons it is my preferred Spitfire.

[Tracerfi]

I dont get your wish 

[MiloMorai]

Spit VIII data

[Chalenge]

No I dont believe they were ferry tanks. I have them listed as slipper tanks. The VIII was used as an export fighter by countries like Australia that then used them over great expanses of water.

[guncrasher]

Out of curiosity why more fuel?  the spitfire 8 can already fly forever on 1/2 a tank and the current slipper tank?  more than once I got over 1 hr when I would play late at night put it on autopilot reduced throttle and I would wake up on the other side of the map.


semp

[Chalenge]

No it cannot fly forever on 1/2 tank and a slipper tank. Ridiculous!

The point is that the 36 gallon tank never existed (like the Arado cannons) and should be replaced with something that did exist and that was used.

[Karnak]

How many US gallons is 30 Imperial gallons?

It is 36.0285 US gallons.

The slipper tank in AH is correct for the 30 gallon tank.

[Chalenge]

If that is true then why do we have only the smallest tank available when the maps in AH come in small and extra-large only?

[Karnak]

If that is true then why do we have only the smallest tank available when the maps in AH come in small and extra-large only?

That I cannot answer, just that the one we have is not a fantasy.

[guncrasher]

No it cannot fly forever on 1/2 tank and a slipper tank. Ridiculous!

The point is that the 36 gallon tank never existed (like the Arado cannons) and should be replaced with something that did exist and that was used.

1 hr of flight in a spit8 is really forever.


semp

[BaldEagl]

I fly a Spit XVI full internal with a slipper and easily get 45 minutes of flight time.  How much more do you need?

[Lusche]

Well, the average fighter sortie length in Late War has been increasing over the past few years, so the call for bigger drop tanks does not surprise me 

[Tank-Ace]

If that is true then why do we have only the smallest tank available when the maps in AH come in small and extra-large only?

No 250kg bombs on the 190F's wings, no DT on the 109E, no bomb on the 109F, we only recently got the rockets and DT's on the Typhoon.

Theres probably a TON of stuff we don't have, but that would be realistic.