La7/5fn central fuel tank

[Tilt]

If holed the Lavochkin central tank drained both the wing tanks.

Just saying 

[Mister Fork]

in game or in real life?

[Tilt]

RL

[Devil 505]

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.

[Mongoose]

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.

[Krusty]

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?

[Devil 505]

That's what I'm thinking Krusty.

[save]

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.

[Tilt]

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.