To: Red Badger
I think it became obsolete besides, and the fuel tanks leaked too.
10 posted on
01/11/2021 10:57:49 AM PST by
right way right
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To: right way right
I heard that the fuel tanks leaked until it got up to design speed and then heat expansion sealed them up.
28 posted on
01/11/2021 11:40:20 AM PST by
shotgun
To: right way right
“I think it became obsolete besides, and the fuel tanks leaked too.”
A friend in the USAF stationed at Grand Forks AFB was there in 1982 when a Blackbird made an emergency landing. Yes there was fuel dripping, but as he explained the titanium construction would expand when heated from the air friction the the panels and seams would tighten and stop the leaks.
29 posted on
01/11/2021 11:43:34 AM PST by
READINABLUESTATE
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To: right way right
They leaked on the ground because the design had to allow for the expansion that occurred at altitude.
42 posted on
01/11/2021 1:55:56 PM PST by
jagusafr
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To: right way right
The fuel tanks were designed that way. They nly leaked on the runway. During flight because of the high temps or would stop leasing.
47 posted on
01/11/2021 2:13:34 PM PST by
knighthawk
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