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Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: Sancho on February 28, 2001, 10:09:00 AM
P-47Ds routinely carried up to 375 gallons of fuel in drop tanks.  150 gallon tanks are available for P-38 and F4U, but only 75 gallon wing tanks are available for the Jug.  Please give the jug the 150 gallon option for wings.

Thank you.

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Sancho
63rd FS, 56th FG
"Zemke's Wolfpack"
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Hell hath no fury like 8 50 cals and 18 fire breathing cylinders.
Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: Daff on February 28, 2001, 10:21:00 AM
The 75 gallon tank was only used initially('43), as the 150 gallon tanks werent yet available in the UK. Not having 150 gallon tanks for the P-47 is just plain wrong  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Daff

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Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: Animal on February 28, 2001, 11:04:00 AM
the jug is too uber right now I am against htc adding anything new to it please leave it as it is now

work on the p38 only please and make the F4U faster
Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: Tac on February 28, 2001, 03:25:00 PM
lol.
Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: -ammo- on March 01, 2001, 12:45:00 PM
My compatriots are correct... The 56th FG operated P-47D's with the high capacity fuel tanks. Recently the 56th has encountered situations in weekly missions where the big tanks would have made a huge difference.

HTC please give us the big tanks.

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Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: Gorf on March 01, 2001, 04:39:00 PM
The 150 gallon tanks need to be added please.  I am going to due more research on when and which variants had the tanks.

As for the P47 as a ubber plane....errr I would have to say NO to that one.  The M and N would be but not the 2 variants the AH has at the moment.

Gorf
Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: lakc on March 01, 2001, 08:48:00 PM
More fuel capacity would definately help operations a lot!  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

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Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on March 01, 2001, 09:37:00 PM
Yeah! whatever improves the P47  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on March 01, 2001, 10:25:00 PM
Sancho, I wish u to email me before I leave for the Bahamas saturday. (air taxi is a tought job).

when my PC went wako, I lost all emails.
Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: Li`l Snorkey on March 02, 2001, 10:13:00 AM
I'd love to try and take off with those tanks and full internal fuel !!!!!

Should increase the pucker factor by 100% when you're heavily rolling down the runway at full power and 20 deg of flaps praying you'll be able to make it up !

On a side note, can anybody tell me if the compression effect on the P-47 will be less abrupt then what we have now ?

You can see how abrupt it is when you put yourself in a dive, while accelerating pull about 5 g's and watch how it abruptly drops to less then 1 g once you pass compression threshold.

Li`l Snorkey
Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on March 02, 2001, 02:18:00 PM
 
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Originally posted by Li`l Snorkey:
I'd love to try and take off with those tanks and full internal fuel !!!!!

Should increase the pucker factor by 100% when you're heavily rolling down the runway at full power and 20 deg of flaps praying you'll be able to make it up !

On a side note, can anybody tell me if the compression effect on the P-47 will be less abrupt then what we have now ?

You can see how abrupt it is when you put yourself in a dive, while accelerating pull about 5 g's and watch how it abruptly drops to less then 1 g once you pass compression threshold.

Li`l Snorkey

Heu? not sure about what u ask Snorkey. I believe compression is the same for any plane, except it happens at different TAS.

For the heavy take off, just take full fuel, 10 rockets, 2 1000 pound bombs and a center drop tank. You will have your thrill  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Title: HTC Please add 150 gallon wing tanks for P-47
Post by: ezdoc on March 02, 2001, 07:07:00 PM
I agree.  Please Hitech add the 150 ga. DT for the P-47.