During the Vietnam war, US planes used aluminum drop tanks to store surplus fuel for jets and tankers. The tanks could be jettisoned mid-flight, or, in some cases, were simply abandoned on the ground.
Clever Vietnamese people cut and customized the drop tanks into capable canoes and river boats.
The tanks onboard a fighter jet:
The tanks converted into boats:
Previously: German WWII military helmets re-manufactured into colanders
New plans added on 11/20: Click here for 2,589 plans for homemade tools.
We did the same after the war, except we made lakesters from the tanks...
https://saltfever.wordpress.com/2011...at-bonneville/
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Regards, Marv
Failure is just success in progress
That looks about right - Mediocrates
Captainleeward (Oct 30, 2016), Jon (Oct 25, 2016), oldcaptainrusty (Oct 8, 2017)
Good use of those fuel tanks .
Good one Marv! I've semi followed Bonneville and saw those Lakesters and thought they looked suspiciously like drop tanks but they were never the focus of the story I was reading.Originally Posted by mklotz
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