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I saw some nice things on this blog: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/ .
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Technical novelties of the Golden Era
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What a great idea! I wonder how heavy the tank is? I want to make an electric car that looks like a 30s racer.
What a great idea! I wonder how heavy the tank is? I want to make an electric car that looks like a 30s racer.
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Normally, a fully-loaded droptank weighed about 500-550# IIRC (same as the max rated weight for a bomb on the same hardpoint), with around 60-70 gallons of fuel.
At around 6#/gallon, that's ~360-420# of fuel, so the tank would weigh around ~130# empty.
Today, you'd be better served with a fiberglass reproduction tank, which would shave a fair amount off that weight.
At around 6#/gallon, that's ~360-420# of fuel, so the tank would weigh around ~130# empty.
Today, you'd be better served with a fiberglass reproduction tank, which would shave a fair amount off that weight.
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