Hello Aleatorylamp,
Your 170 Gallon Fuel Load is NOT a typo.
It happen to be the Fuel Load of the P-39C.
Substituting Self-Sealing Fuel Bags (6 per side) in place of the single plain Tank per side reduced the capacity to 120 Gallons for the P-39D and later models until they were reduced even further to save weight.
A field modification to a 20 mm Hispano is actually a pretty good possibility if you should choose that option.
The 1250 pounds I suggested is actually the difference between Empty Weight and Zero Fuel Weight in the AIR file.
It does not include Ammunition or Fuel but includes some amount of Engine Oil. I don't know if this is a reasonable percentage of the Oil Capacity because I haven't compiled notes for the later series E6 Allison yet.
This is also making a few assumptions because equipment and armour varied between models.
I believe to be consistent, it should be a bit more than the 1250 pounds.
I would strongly suggest you list some of your itemized weights that you stated earlier that you were reluctant to list.
I can tell with the numbers that you have posted that there are some errors in those numbers but I can't tell where the errors are....
I can tell you very simply that the Empty Weight of my P-39D/F is several hundred pounds lighter than your P-39D-2 but the loaded weight even without Bombs is heavier than what you came up with, so there is either bad math or incorrect numbers somewhere.
Hey, perhaps my own numbers are incorrect?
- Ivan.
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