Tuuvas Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Hi all, I ran into this strange instant left-hand aileron roll when I jettisoned 4 fuel tanks for the Harrier. I haven't had a chance to test this again to narrow down the issue, but I thought I'd post it for others to theorize/test themselves: https://clips.twitch.tv/BoringSlickSandwichMikeHogu Below is the best steps to replicate I can think of. I'll give these a shot once I'm back from the office tonight: Setup a Harrier, hot ground start with only 4 empty fuel tanks Setup a KC-130 tanker. I had mine at 10,000 ft flying 220 knots Start mission and head off towards the KC-130 Set fuel gauge to read the outboard tanks Refuel until the outboard tanks fill to about 1300 lbs each Disconnect and separate from KC-130 Fly straight and level, perhaps with AFC on Jettison Fuel tanks using preset knob position for FUEL Expected Results: Tanks should jettison without issue Actual Results: Harrier is thrown into an unrecoverable left-hand aileron roll Full video can be found here if you want to see the details of what was done leading up to the uncontrolled state: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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