Not surprisingly, combat performance with a full fuel load suffered.
However, as the fuel load approached that of La-9, so did the performance.
He was about three thousand pounds shy of a full fuel load.
A small fuel load will cause a fire to burn and spread slowly, with a low intensity.
It also forms a heavy fuel load, increasing the likelihood of fire.
It used a common, reliable engine and had internal space for a huge fuel load.
And when trees fall you get an increased fuel load on the ground.
A fuel load should last a person in reasonable shape over a week.
That put its fuel load at just over 82,000 pounds, or more than 12,000 gallons.
Schumacher's speed was also a result of a low fuel load.