Typhoons internal fuel
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Typhoons internal fuel
Hi All
Quick question, how much fuel does the Typhoon lose in the twinseat configuration, (due to the forward tank being removed for the second seat.
4996 kg is a total figure I got! but for which aircraft? twin seater or single??.
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Quick question, how much fuel does the Typhoon lose in the twinseat configuration, (due to the forward tank being removed for the second seat.
4996 kg is a total figure I got! but for which aircraft? twin seater or single??.
Cheers
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
Did you mean the Lightning <g>?
Yeah, I heard the beast is fuel critical on take-off just like that other Warton sports plane.
Yeah, I heard the beast is fuel critical on take-off just like that other Warton sports plane.
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If you submitted your post when sober, I would imagine that you'd be at the top of Michael Howard's civil service chop list - but then you're probably as safe as houses.
If you submitted your post when sober, I would imagine that you'd be at the top of Michael Howard's civil service chop list - but then you're probably as safe as houses.
JW - see your PMs
PN - what a load of twaddle
ZH - there is written into the specification a concession for the twin seater which should be as mission capable as the single seat with the exceptions of max mach no. and fuel capacity.
Don't let the current preponderance of twin seaters fool you, the overall buy is predominantly single seat.
T
PN - what a load of twaddle
ZH - there is written into the specification a concession for the twin seater which should be as mission capable as the single seat with the exceptions of max mach no. and fuel capacity.
Don't let the current preponderance of twin seaters fool you, the overall buy is predominantly single seat.
T
what do you mean by Fuel critical at take off?
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For about 10 days in 1972, 56Sqn operated a Lightning F.3 at Akrotiri without a belly tank, now that was fuel critical.
Don't recall the actual flight times but not many of those that did it went further away than about five miles.
Don't recall the actual flight times but not many of those that did it went further away than about five miles.
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It's not classified at all. The fact that the two-seater loses around 300kg (from memory) has been 'cleared' and in the glossy brochures for many years
It's not classified at all. The fact that the two-seater loses around 300kg (from memory) has been 'cleared' and in the glossy brochures for many years
