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Old 21st Mar 2019, 21:23
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dtaylor1984
 
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Surely a simple analysis of this is sufficient: if the wings snap off if there's no fuel in the tank, you can't use all the fuel.

There's no point having fuel you can't use because it's actually structurally required ballast.
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