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Gasoline of the F-117
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Posted: Monday, April 21, 2003 - 07:12 PM UTC
what color of gasoline does they use on the F-117? I have to make a diorama of a crashed F-117 leaking its gas on a field but don't know what color is it's gasoline is and where is its fuel tank located?
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Posted: Monday, April 21, 2003 - 09:25 PM UTC
Fuel is clear, hydraulics is pink/red.

Cheers,
Linz
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Armed Forces Europe, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 - 07:35 AM UTC
Avation fuel is clear but it has a yellow/pink tint to it.
SkyWrench
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Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 - 06:46 PM UTC
Actually, as far as Aviation Grade fuels go 110 LL is the common piston engine fuel of this day and age, and it is tinted blue, there were other grades used in the past and I believe 80LL was tinted green and one fuel was tinted red.
As far as your F-117, it most likely uses JP-8, or jet fuel and is similar in color to diesel fuel, or very light brown.
Hope this helps.
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 01:07 AM UTC

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Actually, as far as Aviation Grade fuels go 110 LL is the common piston engine fuel of this day and age, and it is tinted blue, there were other grades used in the past and I believe 80LL was tinted green and one fuel was tinted red.
As far as your F-117, it most likely uses JP-8, or jet fuel and is similar in color to diesel fuel, or very light brown.
Hope this helps.


Good info, but the relaity of it is, unless a lliquid is in a clear container, extrememy thick or very deep, it will only make the surface it's on darker and glossier, and certainly in scale, any color is going to look out of place, IMHO. :-)
SkyWrench
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Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 01:41 AM UTC
Sorry--but I actually had a typo there. It should have read "100 LL". And AJ is correct--they all pretty much look the same when spilled on the ground. And I didn't even think about the scale aspect.
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