The F-104 is a loved and hated aircraft here in War Thunder, and many of us players love its performance as an interceptor. However, those of us who enjoy the F-104 and want to take that enjoyment to SIM battles, or maximize maneuverability while maintaining enough fuel for the afterburner would really appreciate drop tanks for these aircraft.
My Japanese F-104J has a max of 34 minutes of fuel, and in sim battles, the afterburner chews through the fuel like no other. I want to be able to equip some drop tanks to maximize its range and maintain that speed! Let’s open this to discussion!
I don’t have many sources on how much it could vary and on what pylons, but know it could have a big fuel tank on either the outer wing pylons, the center pylon under the fuselage, or on the wingtips.
This would honestly help a lot as an avid F104 player in sim drop takes would make the experience much better and also make the aircraft more attractive.
The lack of wing drop tanks on the Phantom too, although i appreciate this isnt the right thread, is also getting quite annoying. Having to lose the gun or have short legs on burner isn’t a nice choice to be forced to make.
as more and more planes get fuel tanks, i believe with the amount of different f-104 versions in each tech tree the option to bring 2 or 4 fuel tanks to a big map would benefit a lot of players.
I’ve been wondering the same thing—I wouldn’t be surprised if one day a snail removed the F-104 from the game; that’s how little it cares about those fighters… :|
