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[Joseph Testagrose]

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

On 29/03/2012 10:37 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:


Why the hump?

[Ken Murphy[_2_]]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +1100, Alan Erskine
> wrote:


>
>Why the hump?

The hump is a fairing over a long range saddle-back fuel tank,
proposed to enable them to reach Japan with the Tiger Force.

Ken

[JR[_3_]]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +1100, Alan Erskine
> wrote:

>On 29/03/2012 10:37 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>
>
>Why the hump?

It's a 1200 galon tank; one of 2 tested. My guess is that it was
intended to ferry fuel. The USAAF had some B-24s converted for this
purpose.

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

On 30/03/2012 12:39 AM, Ken Murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +1100, Alan Erskine
> > wrote:
>
>
>>
>> Why the hump?
>
> The hump is a fairing over a long range saddle-back fuel tank,
> proposed to enable them to reach Japan with the Tiger Force.
>
> Ken

I would have had extended landing gear and put the tank under the
fuselage rather than do this.

[Syke[_2_]]

On 30/03/2012 06:11, Alan Erskine wrote:
> On 30/03/2012 12:39 AM, Ken Murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +1100, Alan Erskine
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Why the hump?
>>
>> The hump is a fairing over a long range saddle-back fuel tank,
>> proposed to enable them to reach Japan with the Tiger Force.
>>
>> Ken
>
> I would have had extended landing gear and put the tank under the
> fuselage rather than do this.


I think there would then have been the danger of a long stalky
undercarriage perhaps like the Stirling, with all the attendant problems
of collapse that occurred with them. That hump certainly would've
impaired the visibility on the Lancaster.


Syke

[Bob (not my real pseudonym)]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +1100, Alan Erskine
> wrote:

>On 29/03/2012 10:37 PM, Joseph Testagrose wrote:
>
>
>Why the hump?

Tall aircrew... ;^}

[Ramsman]

On 30/03/2012 06:11, Alan Erskine wrote:
> On 30/03/2012 12:39 AM, Ken Murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +1100, Alan Erskine
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Why the hump?
>>
>> The hump is a fairing over a long range saddle-back fuel tank,
>> proposed to enable them to reach Japan with the Tiger Force.
>>
>> Ken
>
> I would have had extended landing gear and put the tank under the
> fuselage rather than do this.

It would rather defeat the object of using the Lancaster as a bomber if
the bomb bay couldn't be used.

--
Peter

[Alan Erskine[_4_]]

On 30/03/2012 8:17 PM, Ramsman wrote:
> On 30/03/2012 06:11, Alan Erskine wrote:
>> On 30/03/2012 12:39 AM, Ken Murphy wrote:
>>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +1100, Alan Erskine
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Why the hump?
>>>
>>> The hump is a fairing over a long range saddle-back fuel tank,
>>> proposed to enable them to reach Japan with the Tiger Force.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>
>> I would have had extended landing gear and put the tank under the
>> fuselage rather than do this.
>
> It would rather defeat the object of using the Lancaster as a bomber if
> the bomb bay couldn't be used.
>

Yes it would. I thought maybe the tank was simply used for ferry
missions. If that were the case, it would be easier to build the tank
over/in the bomb bay.