David Womby Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Colin What's the history on these, please? I mean what types were carried by which Buccaneers in which eras? e.g. use standard on 1970s RAFG aircraft but streamlined on Gulf War? Can you provide any more guidance than on the website, please? Thanks David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 I stand to be corrected and as far as I'm aware, the Buccaneer only carrier 'slipper' tanks, the SAAF having the 400 gallon ones which were shipped back for the Crabs to use in Iraq. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 I stand to be corrected and as far as I'm aware, the Buccaneer only carrier 'slipper' tanks, the SAAF having the 400 gallon ones which were shipped back for the Crabs to use in Iraq. Colin There seem to be 3 types of tanks. Standard RAF, Streamlined RAF and larger SAAF ones. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyBing Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 There seem to be 3 types of tanks. Standard RAF, Streamlined RAF and larger SAAF ones. David Are you sure the standard one isn't a refuelling pod? The streamlined slipper tanks were introduced with the S.1 and apart from a slight curve on the leading edge of the vertical section was pretty much unchanged throughout its life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 From the FreighdogModels site: Standard Streamlined The tanks are the same size, just the fairing is different. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyBing Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 As I understand it the straight leading edge on the fairing is the earlier standard of tank, this was used on the S.1 and S.2* until it was realised due to the altered aerodynamics with the big engines it could lead to the aircraft over-pitching on launch from the catapult. It only took two aircraft before they twigged this, the second flown by the Boscombe test pilot sent to prove it was the squadron pilot's fault for not following the correct procedures... *Note no suffix so not the S.2A, B, C or D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin @ Freightdog Models Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Hi David, I found it quite difficult to find photo's of the streamlined tanks, other than late FAA and RAFG use in the late 70s, if you building a Gulf War or later grey aircraft I would go for the standard tank. The only info I could find on reason for the two types was as outlined in post #6 Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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