Dear Drunken Monke,
I wish they were drop tanks but I suspect not as these are always accounted for in external fuel + ordanance (as you also acknowledge;-)).
I think I can partially account for this 1.5 tonnes. With 8 pylons fitted out at an avg of 75 kgs per pylon thats 600 kgs. Another...
Hi Shrikant,
Good analysis. But that works only if the numbers you use are correct. There seems to be more weight on the Tejas. Tejas's 'Loaded Weight' (Wikipedia and several other resources including broadsword blog) is 10.5 tonnes. But Empty weight (6.5) + Full fuel (2.5) should be 9 tonnes...