Originally Posted by
SMOC
There's no such thing as having or not having a stab tank per se, the stab is the tank just like the wings are. During manufacture the basic stab just doesn't get the full treatment to make it qualify as a tank, and a BCF just has as much of the equipment that makes it function as a tank removed.
Thanks,
I guess then, that it could be described as a wet stab instead of the usually stated wet wing description we hear as a type of fuel tank. Therefore, it is there as a potential fuel tank but the plumbing obviously is not as no vent or dripsticks can be seen on the freighters that I have flown. Have never flown a BCF.