F 16 600 Gallon Drop Tanks

As for the 600 gallon tank your drawing looks too symmetric to me.

F 16 600 gallon drop tanks. 600 gallon heavy duty aluminum construction skid mounted great for fuel or oil. Conformal fuel tanks have the disadvantage that unlike drop tanks they cannot be. There is no word on whether the company is or isn t also interested in the conformal design. 600 gallon external fuel tank pylon a unique 600 gallon external fuel tank turning f 16s into strategic operationally enhanced fighters and providing significant savings and improved missions survivability.

Measures 6 w x 4 1 2 h x 4 1 2 l. 370 imp gal of extra fuel per fighter that p 38s could carry out operation vengeance the downing of admiral isoroku yamamoto s airplane. I think the forward part is ok but the rear should be a bit more streamlined kind of replicating the shape of a drop of water. Cyclone supplies the following unique products to f 16 customers worldwide.

For this mission each fighter carried one drop tank of approximately 150 to 165 us gal 570 to 620 l and a larger one of approximately 300 to 330 us gal 1 100 to 1 200 l. The 600 gallon drop tank is the one lockheed martin is now considering working to certify for all f 35as. Please view our partial parts list for the f 16 or contact us for a complete list of parts and component capabilities with f 16 fuel systems hydraulics actuators landing gear wheels brakes avionics instruments and more surplus parts and categories. The old hasegawa and monogram kits in 1 72 show them thinning at the rear but in contrast the new hasegawa 1 72 kit shows it to be quite symmetric.

Cobham has designed qualified and manufactured more than 30 000 370 gallon wing tanks and pylons for the f 16 aircraft more than 8000 600 gallon tanks for the f 15 aircraft more than 3000 275 gallon centerline wing tanks for the f 5 aircraft and more than 400 330 gallon centerline wing tanks for the f a 18 aircraft. Cfts have a reduced aerodynamic penalty compared to external drop tanks and do not significantly increase an aircraft s radar cross section another advantage cfts provide is that they do not occupy ordnance hardpoints like drop tanks allowing the aircraft to carry its full payload.