just needs production car framerails
I've always though belly tankers were awesome.
Quoted from the ad linked above: "Also see the SU-25 Gun Pod, SU-25 Drop Tanks, MIG-23 Drop Tanks and more in south jersey craigslist under aviation!"
I tried to see them but they are no longer there, and I am disappoint.
22" diameter - how wide is a Formula Vee or F500 cockpit?
No whiskey yet so my thoughts are a little off. Drop tank implies that they drop them right? Could you take a boat out to where they drop them and get a free one?
In reply to Stampie (FS) :
A boat and a time machine?
The term "drop tank" has been around since at least WW2, but my understanding is that pilots aren't supposed to jettison them these days unless it's an emergency. Budgets and all that.
Source: The Fighter Pilot Podcast, hosted by a retired USN Hornet driver.
You can use this to make the tow vehicle.
https://columbus.craigslist.org/grd/d/kilbourne-bulk-feed-bin/7146725599.html
I envision a kayak for some reason.
If anyone can, try to find some old Hot Rod back issues from the 1950s or maybe even the '60s. The post-WWII guys created some really cool E36 M3 with decommissioned war goods. There's probably some cool inspiration to be found by Googling So-Cal Speed Shop as well. Hope to see this get made!
It needs to go Woody's TR3 frame! 
Will said:The term "drop tank" has been around since at least WW2, but my understanding is that pilots aren't supposed to jettison them these days unless it's an emergency. Budgets and all that.
Source: The Fighter Pilot Podcast, hosted by a retired USN Hornet driver.
Yeah, the whole idea is that you use the fuel in the drop tank first, then jettison it if and when you encounter some funny little planes with big red circles painted on them and a "sharing is caring" attitude with respect to bullets
Nowadays the Japanese aircraft mainly shoot at kaiju, or possibly some sort of flying mecha, so American aviators don't need to be so keen to drop tanks.
Pilots are still trained like that.
Since most planes have fuel tanks in their wings, if a pilot needs to make a crash landing, he's gonna do everything he can to shear the wings off before final impact.
rustomatic said:If anyone can, try to find some old Hot Rod back issues from the 1950s or maybe even the '60s. The post-WWII guys created some really cool E36 M3 with decommissioned war goods. There's probably some cool inspiration to be found by Googling So-Cal Speed Shop as well. Hope to see this get made!
There's all kinds of info on them over on the Jalopy Journal board. A more recent build was the Old Crow belly tank.
When I was a kid, my parents belonged to a ski club called the Aqua-Maniacs in St. Pete, Fla. One guy dressed as a clown and drove around on two belly tanks side by side. The outboard was in the center on a swivel and he sat on a bar stool. This was 1963-66 I think before pontoon boats.
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