Fi156 Storch wing fuel tanks

[warhawk]

Hello,

While browsing plans and photos, I noticed two distinct wing fuel tank configurations.
As both were present during wartime (photos below), were they variant-dependent?

 

[Ray_W]

I checked my own resources on the Storch and there is no clear mention of fuel tank configurations. I do know the Valiant Wings Airframe Album No.11 on the Fi-156 does go into variant details including fuel tank configurations. Sadly, the title is now out of print. I wish Valiant would offer e-versions. If you do search for this title and look up images you will find book reviewers who show a couple of pages from the aircraft "Evolution" section which do show the early and late versions.  As these images were provided for promoting the title the intervening pages and main wartime variants are not shown (4 pages are missing). However, they do show the extra tank configurations for the D (ambulance), and P (counter-insurgency) variants. 

 

Sorry not much help. Hopefully it steers you in the right direction and you can track down the title or someone who has it and they can chime in with the answer.

 

Ray