Hi Ivan, smilo,
The FB6 type pilot manual states that the aircraft had 10 standard tanks! The "outer-wing" tanks (2 per wing) had 116 gallons capacity. The "main inner-wing" (2 per wing) had 286 gallons. The "main fuselage" two tanks carried 50 more gallons for a total of 452 gallons. These were "Imperial gallons", in US gallons, it was almost 543.
An additional "long range" fuselage tank could carry 63 gallons and two dropable 100 gallons wings tanks gave the total of 715 Imperial gallons (858.6796 US).
In some types, fuselage capacity was increased to 63 gallons and dropable 200 gallons tanks were also used.
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apparently, a long range mosquito with external tanks
has not been modeled.
attached is a copy of a document included with
the RAF662 Mosquito FB.VI by Roger Lowery
I believe this is where Hubba got the information stated above.
works for me, although, it would be nice
if there was a long range version.
that said,
I am rapidly coming to the conclusion
that this is the case with most,
if not all, CFS models
and that it is a little late in the game
to start worrying about it too much.
so it goes.
Ivan, from my searching,
there are other mosquitoes out there.
no small wonder...it's a great plane.
my visual favorites are
the RAF662 by Roger Lowery
and 2 versions by Philippe Burnage.
I especially like the Mk IV bomber
with the plexiglas nose.
there are also versions by Shigeru Tanaka
and RAF 2000 versions that appear to be by Tanaka as well.
at the risk of being overly critical,
I am not fond of these visual models.
consequently, I have not taken the time
to really check them out closely
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speaking of tanks and switches,
(yeah, it's a stretch)
Ivan, as I recall, long ago,
you were looking for a multi-position fuel tank switch
for your Dauntless...or am I dreaming?
did you ever find one?
I may have good news.
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as a side note;
asper Hubba's recommendation a while back,
I have been looking at the forum moderation tools.
does anyone object to my running an experiment?
I would like to try copying the mosquito related posts
to a new mosquito range thread.
if it works, I will then delete said posts
from this thread with an appropriate message.
please, please, can I try, please...
as there appears to be only 5 of us
actively using this place,
I will wait for your input
before I do my experiment...