Hi sandiego89
Yes we used the big 330gal tanks often on ferry flights. They limited handling and could not be used for any hard manoeuvring or VTOL work. The big gotcha was landing. In the landing config, with nozzles deflected, the ac was quite pitchy and you were limited to a max of 85% power to prevent pitch-up. Not very nice when you were tired after a long ferry flight… I actually experienced a pitch-up once on a night landing at Key West Florida, after a hasty hurricane evacuation from Belize.
MAINJAFAD - IIRC the GR3 outer pylons were dry. Empty 100gall tanks were carried south on all the reinforcement ac because we were running short of them in theatre.
Most of us had fired a winder on Aberporth during our very hasty work-up for CORPORATE.