Author Topic: La7/5fn central fuel tank  (Read 1149 times)

Offline Tilt

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La7/5fn central fuel tank
« on: May 31, 2017, 07:26:28 AM »
If holed the Lavochkin central tank drained both the wing tanks.

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Re: La7/5fn central fuel tank
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2017, 08:58:38 AM »
in game or in real life?
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Re: La7/5fn central fuel tank
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2017, 03:24:56 PM »
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Re: La7/5fn central fuel tank
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 05:03:40 PM »
If you can provide the documentation to HTC you may get them to change the fuel leak model to reflect the wing tanks feeding into the center tank and the associated danger from damage to the central tank.
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Re: La7/5fn central fuel tank
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2017, 11:01:27 PM »
If you can provide the documentation to HTC you may get them to change the fuel leak model to reflect the wing tanks feeding into the center tank and the associated danger from damage to the central tank.

That would be cool to have that added realism.
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Re: La7/5fn central fuel tank
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2017, 09:06:01 AM »
So on the real plane it was just plumbed together but with no valve/pump control to stop leaking? Wouldn't that make it essentially a funky-shaped single tank? I mean, in terms of AH modeling?

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Re: La7/5fn central fuel tank
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2017, 09:58:45 AM »
That's what I'm thinking Krusty.
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Re: La7/5fn central fuel tank
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2017, 06:53:58 AM »
we already have the reversed thinking : planes with double radiators with shutoff valves, and still your engine is done within 2 minutes after one ping in it.
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Re: La7/5fn central fuel tank
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2017, 03:22:39 AM »
So on the real plane it was just plumbed together but with no valve/pump control to stop leaking? Wouldn't that make it essentially a funky-shaped single tank? I mean, in terms of AH modeling?


The wing tanks could be isolated. But they fed through the centre tank.

A holed centre tank would bleed fuel from the total system. A holed wing tank just lost fuel from that tank. The centre tank was somewhat more " robust" it had the usual self sealing wraps etc..... don't know how you put a value to it though.
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