Water Weight Question For Flight Replicas DC-4 Please

Aharon

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Sha[FONT=&quot]lom and greetings a[/FONT][FONT=&quot]l[FONT=&quot]l my pa[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot]ls,

I have a question. How many pounds is the tota[FONT=&quot]l weight of fu[FONT=&quot]l[FONT=&quot]l[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]load of water or fire retardant for F[FONT=&quot]light Re[FONT=&quot]p[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot]licas DC-4 Firebomber p[/FONT][FONT=&quot]lease so that I can recreate the f[FONT=&quot]light in most rea[FONT=&quot]listic manner[/FONT][/FONT]? I want fu[FONT=&quot]l[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]l [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]load of water or fire retardant un[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]less you te[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]l[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]l me nobody ever does that for DC-4 firebomber in rea[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]l [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]life[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]. [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]

Thank you for any answer any of you might provide.

Regards,

Aharon[/FONT]

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1 gallon of fresh water weighs 8.33 lbs gallon. Fire retardant slurry weighs 9 lbs per gallon.

Thanks for cool answer and for giving me clue to do math formula

Also, I am told by experts that DC-4 firebomber can carry 16,000 lbs of water

Regards,

Aharon
 
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