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- Jul 13, 2020
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I just read Saburo Sakai biography and he mentioned jetssoning fuel tank.
Could anyone tell memore about it?
And if the Japanese navy got drop tank in 1938 why didn't other nations have them as well?
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Care to elaborate the last sentence, especially the claim that other nations didn't have drop tanks in 1938?
Americans and Germans were using drop tanks before ww2.I thought the British and Germans didn't have a working one during BoB.
Americans and Germans were using drop tanks before ww2.
Is it a drop tank ore aux. tank? Would it be released in flight?
The only German drop tank i know of during BoB is the pregnant belly type on Bf 110.
If the Germans got drop tank like the one A5M have they would have done a lot better during BoB.
I would think all such tanks on fighters were drop tanks. Having even an empty aux tank dangling between your legs would be very detrimental to the A5M's performance.Is it a drop tank ore aux. tank? Would it be released in flight?
I did not say anything about fighting with an aux. tank. I want to know if that one was droppable or not. Because as you know there is a big difference. Namely a weapon or not.I would think all such tanks on fighters were drop tanks. Having even an empty aux tank dangling between your legs would be very detrimental to the A5M's performance.
If it's not droppable [sic] then by default the A5M must fight with the aux. tank on. It's a fighter, not a fuel tanker, so if that tank cannot be jettisoned, it's coming along for the fight.I did not say anything about fighting with an aux. tank. I want to know if that one was droppable or not. Because as you know there is a big difference. Namely a weapon or not.
From "Mitsubishi A5M Claude": Mushroom Model Magazine Special. "....A5M4 Model 24....Apart from the changed engine, it also featured attachments for a 160 litre drop tank that replaced the small (tear-drop shaped) tank,...."Is it a drop tank ore aux. tank? Would it be released in flight?
What? Only if it's filled with napalm. I think something is being lost in translation here.Thus no drop tank. Just a range extender. I think a drop tank is a offensive weapon.
Was the "rakka-Shiki zousou the 160 liter drop tank or the smaller original tank?It was called "落下式増槽 (rakka-shiki zousou = droppable additional tank)" in its full naming.
But could it be dropped in flight? That is the point. The term drop tank is used sometimes wrongly. It looks like a drop tank but cant be dropped at will. I believe that on this board there was a answer that said p-47 had aux tanks to get around the us. Not droppable. But in books.....you see what i amFrom "Mitsubishi A5M Claude": Mushroom Model Magazine Special. "....A5M4 Model 24....Apart from the changed engine, it also featured attachments for a 160 litre drop tank that replaced the small (tear-drop shaped) tank,...."
Dont be daft.What? Only if it's filled with napalm. I think something is being lost in translation here.