functional drop tanks?
 

So how are "we wild and crazy jet guys" doing functional drop tanks????
(ethier for just getting more fuel capacity or actually dropping them )

Share your ideas ..failures and successes.... how did you do it?

Are Bvm easy connectors kerosene proof????
(need at least three for fuel flow capacity)


My plan for functional (for additional fuel capacity) (but non droppable)

Two 16 oz sullivan cylinder tanks,
(which are 2.5 in diameter and 7.5 inches long)
facing each other in a tap plastics 3 inch diameter tube, (capped with rocket nose cones)
ringed with 1/4 inch ply for centering and support, and tabbed for gluing into the
tank strut.... bolted to the wing (internal strengthened supports)


How do you guys do it???

RE: functional drop tanks?
 

http://media.putfile.com/WOW-Crashes checkout the rafale on this video. Dont do what he did ......I guess[:@]

RE: functional drop tanks?
 

I had functional drop tanks on both of my turbine Interceptors.

Luer lock connectors (with the locking ears removed) for the fuel connection between the airplane and the tank.
A servo operated Dzus fastener to lock/release the tank at the front end, and a simple hook on the back of the tank.

Worked great, but the tanks did get a little beat up from dropping.

On the second one I rigged up a time delay parachute, but that added a lot of weight to the tank and it only worked about 40% of the time.

RE: functional drop tanks?
 

Hello gents,

My YA F-18 Hornet, single engine version, has a 16 oz scale drop tank. It is the fibreglass tank from Yellow Aircracraft sealed up and made fuel proof. It uses one of those old style bomb relaeases. So, I can drop it after takeoff at the edge of the runway. It brings up my fuel load to 74 oz. 57 internal and 16+ external. Nice long flights.

You slow right down and fly low to release the tank. Neat show off item.

DW_Crash