On 2-Mar-2004, (PaulH) wrote:

Anybody know of a (legal) way to expand the 50 gal fuel capacity of an
early Piper Arrow?

(Yeah, I know, buy an Arrow II, but I love this airplane)


Actually, the larger (total 72 gal. usable) tanks did not appear until the
Arrow III. I understand that Piper went to the larger tanks because of the
thirstier Turbo Arrow III. The normally aspirated version benefited with
exceptional range. Of course you can't fill the tanks if the cabin load is
heavy, but being able to trade off range for payload is a very good feature.

The smaller (50 gal) tanks on earlier Arrows are a bit constraining for IFR
flights that require an alternate.

-Elliott Drucker