This is a tank holding 3 gallons 2.5 pints of water and 3.5 pints of air, a total capacity of 3 gallons 6 pints. It it hard to read but it looks like this might be a Type 69 tank.
Can anyone tell me what the function of this tank was and what aircraft type(s) it would have been fitted to? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
By: Alan Clark - 10th June 2012 at 01:05
Looks like a coolant expansion tank, hence the air gap.
By: wl745 - 10th June 2012 at 00:06
Tank
Not the Shack galley tank ,that was a larger capacity and held up by straps.Dont think its a glycol tank either that was a shaped tank (all this from memory!!)
By: hindenburg - 9th June 2012 at 20:32
Is this for engine cooling Alan?
By: RadarArchive - 9th June 2012 at 19:41
AM,
Thanks very much for that – I totally missed the type number and all the other clues which are obvious now you mention them! I couldn’t make out the last digit of the type number, and thought it referred to the tank, rather than the aircraft. D’oh!
Do you (or anyone else, for that matter) know what the tank is actually for? What would an air/water mix be used for?
By: Arabella-Cox - 9th June 2012 at 16:10
R3/MR/
Shackleton Type 696
Strong clues, maybe?
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