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2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8950 posts, RR: 62
Posted (6 years 8 months 8 hours ago) and read 2620 times:

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The drop tank thread got me thinking....what aircraft, flying or retired, could carry the greatest amount of weight (relative to it's max takeoff weight) on wing stores?

I remember seeing some shots of the Cessna A-37 loaded up with 6 or more drop tanks....

2H4

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ArniePie From Belgium, joined Aug 2005, 1265 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (6 years 8 months 7 hours ago) and read 2600 times:

relative to it's max takeoff weight,... ? I'll take a wild guess but it seems to me that the A4 Skyhawk must be up there with the best.
Also the SU25 , Pucara and A10 come to mind as do the F16 and Rafale.
And let's not forget about the A7 corsair

[Edited 2006-09-25 17:24:01]

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Keesje From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (6 years 8 months 7 hours ago) and read 2588 times:

Quoting ArniePie (Reply 1):
I'll take a wild guess but it seems to me that the A4 Skyhawk must be up there with the best.

Yes the A4 looks pretty stuffed.

Perhaps the F104.. it's more a spoiler..

http://home.planet.nl/~horri002/f104/tf104g_d5814.jpg

Vzlet From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 820 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (6 years 8 months 5 hours ago) and read 2558 times:

Quoting 2H4 (Thread starter):
the greatest amount of weight (relative to it's max takeoff weight) on wing stores?

2H4,
Are you limiting it to only wing stations, or do you mean all external payload?

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2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8950 posts, RR: 62
Reply 4, posted (6 years 8 months 5 hours ago) and read 2554 times:

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Quoting Vzlet (Reply 3):
Are you limiting it to only wing stations, or do you mean all external payload?

Wing stations.

Max external payload, however, would also be interesting to learn. I bet the Kmax helicopter would win that one.

2H4

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A342 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 4655 posts, RR: 4
Reply 5, posted (6 years 8 months 3 hours ago) and read 2535 times:

Quoting 2H4 (Reply 4):

The Aérospatiale Lama is outstanding. IIRC it can lift another example of its type.

Exceptions confirm the rule.

TedTAce From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (6 years 8 months 2 hours ago) and read 2516 times:

My Money's on the A-10

That big ole square wing has GOT to be good at lifting tons of shiet at a time..

StealthZ From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 5430 posts, RR: 49
Reply 7, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 2471 times:

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How about the "Spad"?
The AD-7/A-1J Skyraider with an empty weight of 10,500pounds could haul 8,000pounds of external stores!

If your camera sends text messages, that could explain why your photos are rubbish!

Sphealey From United States of America, joined May 2005, 361 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2367 times:

If you mean absolute weight rather than payload/gross ratio, I would think it would have to be the B-52.

sPh

A342 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 4655 posts, RR: 4
Reply 9, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2338 times:

Quoting Sphealey (Reply 8):
If you mean absolute weight rather than payload/gross ratio, I would think it would have to be the B-52.

No, rather the Tu-160.

Exceptions confirm the rule.

Sphealey From United States of America, joined May 2005, 361 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2334 times:

> No, rather the Tu-160.

Has the Tu-160 been operated with underwing stores? The B-52 was in Vietnam.

sPh

JakeOrion From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 1247 posts, RR: 2
Reply 11, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2321 times:

The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is up there with 14,000 lbs. of external ordinance (for a single engine aircraft! Wow!

) The F-18 Hornet is pretty close too at 13,500 lbs.

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EBJ1248650 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1932 posts, RR: 2
Reply 12, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 2294 times:

Quoting JakeOrion (Reply 11):
The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is up there with 14,000 lbs. of external ordinance (for a single engine aircraft! ) The F-18 Hornet is pretty close too at 13,500 lbs.

Let's not forget the F-111. I recall seeing a photo of one with all six wing stations loaded with a mulitiple ejector rack and 6 bombs on each rack. Believe they were 750 lb type. Total of 48 bombs. Admittedly, that wouldn't have been an operational load, but it made a great publicity photo.

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Thorny From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 13, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 2285 times:

Quoting 2H4 (Reply 4):
Max external payload, however, would also be interesting to learn. I bet the Kmax helicopter would win that one.

That would be the Boeing 747, NASA-905 and NASA-911, which routinely carry around Space Shuttles weighing around 220,000 lbs.

Runners up would be the Boeing B-52 and the Lockheed L-1011, which launched X-15 and Pegasus rockets both in the 30,000 lbs. range.

F4wso From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 974 posts, RR: 13
Reply 14, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 2269 times:

The A-6 Intruder was my first thought. It carried a lot of external stores and was still able to be catapult launched off a carrier.

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AirSpare From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 589 posts, RR: 5
Reply 15, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 2260 times:

The F-104 had wings?

An old Luftwaffe joke:

What's the definition of an optimist in the German Air Force? An F-104 pilot that quits smoking because he's afraid of getting lung cancer.

Get someone else for your hero worship fetish

A342 From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 4655 posts, RR: 4
Reply 16, posted (6 years 7 months 4 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 2214 times:

Quoting Sphealey (Reply 10):
Has the Tu-160 been operated with underwing stores?

No, but its maximum payload is nearly twice as high as the one of the B-52. You talked about total stores, not especially about those on the wings.

BTW, doesn't the B-1 have a higher payload than the B-52 ?

Exceptions confirm the rule.

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