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Originally Posted by hohocc
So by installing the larger tanks, you are increasing the length of the tank, and decreasing the length of the outboard leading edge D box.
Is there any info on how this affects the wing in an engineering/strength sense?
Don't get me wrong, I prefer the idea of 2 larger tanks to 2 standard tanks plus 2 other (tip) tanks, and lots of 4s have 6 tanks, HRs have several tank capacities etc, but I wonder if anybody has done any numbers on this or is it proven to work by being experimental?
The spar bars in the 6 spar have the third longest bar running to the end of the standard tank, all on the aft side of the spar, with the longer 2 (of which the longest is half the thickness) being on the forward side. Are these lengths normally unchanged with longer tanks?
Not trying to put the principle down, just trying to understand what effects it has!
Thanks.
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Aren't the Rockets also one rib bay shorter in wing span?
This would affect the spar loading, usually in a good way.
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