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(New page: I will flesh this out some later, but folks often ask why the fixed gear ship is advertised as 70+ gallons and the RG-5 is listed at 90+. The difference is the location of the rear-most b...)
 
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I will flesh this out some later, but folks often ask why the fixed gear ship is advertised as 70+ gallons and the RG-5 is listed at 90+.  The difference is the location of the rear-most bulkhead.  Here are the "book" locations.
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I will flesh this out some later, but folks often ask why the fixed gear ship is advertised as 70+ gallons and the RG-5 is listed at 90+.  The difference is the location of the rear-most bulkhead.  Here are the "book" locations.  If you build that rear bulkhead parallel to the spar, you can get a lot more gas in there.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:04, 20 August 2010

I will flesh this out some later, but folks often ask why the fixed gear ship is advertised as 70+ gallons and the RG-5 is listed at 90+. The difference is the location of the rear-most bulkhead. Here are the "book" locations. If you build that rear bulkhead parallel to the spar, you can get a lot more gas in there.

XLFG strake.jpg XLRG strake.jpg