Originally Posted by
Just This Once...
Engines, your titbit on the large Tornado tanks is incorrect. The big jugs were quite slippy, the small tanks were the draggy ones. You could also take the big tanks to a higher speed and (on the GR version at least) achieve a higher cruise ceiling... or put another way, finding yourself descending when you jettison them in a misguided attempt to climb over a CB during a shooting war...
Can confirm this, they generated useful lift according to my mate ginger over a few swallies one night at the north pole gentleman's club...