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Re: 2 LW fighters drop-tank in a french barn
Yeah Roland,
As you said " the "steel" is Zinc-coated steel-plates..." Humm, SO it's steel without zinc or not and since it's zinc-coated we can call it Galvanized Steel, can't we?
Left the fact with 0.7mm thick it's quite heavy, for sure. As you said too the assembly is different but I guess - I'm quite sure - it's thinner than the "normal" alloy hence thinner assembly joints (bending strengh capacity is different).
Last, pipe positioning is the same but the four plots are "mirror" positionned, one being in parallel with fuse axis the other perpendicular, and the contrary in bottom position. The "mirror image" of that disposition appearing on the other tank (whatever the first you are considering)
That disposition being planned to avoid lateral and front/back tank mouvement during evolutions.
This is interesting cause it means that the anchoring devices on tank racks had the capacity to be put right in place in those fences whatever their positionning (since the two little pipes are in the same position on both tanks).
Well, that's what I see on those pictures. Someone to comment/confirm?
Chears, Franck.
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