Drop Tank List: Difference between revisions

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As there are multiple cases of different models having the same capacity and as it is common to refer to any tank simply by its capacity, it is important to confirm that any two given documents are describing the same model. Ideally, this would be achieved by verifying that both documents use an identical part number to specify their respective tanks.

Unfortunately, as drop tanks are government furnished equipment (GFE), they are often not as well described as other manufacturer supplied parts in aircraft manuals. Furthermore, given that they were were inherently disposable and therefore no longer needed to be tracked once expended, it is likely that less care was given to identifying and marking them.

As the official names are so variable, the entries are ordered according to capacity, rather than alphabetically. Note also that the volume used in the name of a drop tank is often the useable, and not the total, capacity.

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 As there are multiple cases of different models having the same capacity and as it is common to refer to any tank simply by its capacity, it is important to confirm that any two given documents are describing the same model. Ideally, this would be achieved by verifying that both documents use an identical part number to specify their respective tanks.
+Unfortunately, as drop tanks are government furnished equipment (GFE), they are often not as well described as other manufacturer supplied parts in aircraft manuals. Furthermore, given that they were were inherently disposable and therefore no longer needed to be tracked once expended, it is likely that less care was given to identifying and marking them.
 As the official names are so variable, the entries are ordered according to capacity, rather than alphabetically. Note also that the volume used in the name of a drop tank is often the useable, and not the total, capacity.