ORIGINAL: mikedenilin
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http://www.globaljetclub.com/Aircraf...Eagle-ARF1-9-5
I am flying my F-15 with this 35oz drop tank. It's mounted it securely onto the all carbon fiber engine bay area. If the wings will already come apart before you can pull enough G to detach this device. However, just like any full scale aircraft, you don't want to pull high G with heavy external store.
Mike
Mike, thanks for the information. I hope my tanks come out as nice as yours. Boy, I bet that F-15 is a blast to fly!! Great looking aircraft!
I'm building an F-100 so it didn't have a centerline external tank, which would be nice as the weight would be near the CG. I think the only thing that was carried on that centerline station was a special store (nuclear weapon).
I may have some weight and balance issues while in use, so I may have to draw from both the left and right tanks at the same time and feed a central header tank in the fuselage, possibly an overflow tank. How does yours operate? I see a fuel pump in the tank which makes sense for a reliable fuel feed, but on mine I think it would be heavy to have one pump in each tank. Can you give me some advise?
Thanks,
Brian