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I have a 79 P, with 148 standard. Last year we added Flint tip tanks and 38 gallons additional. I now make it non-stop from upstate NY to south florida. If the winds are so bad that I can't make it non-stop, I will generally wait a day. I make this trip often and the extra fuel stop added time, flight planning and weather avoidance, and workload. Much more enjoyable now, but I need two bottles.
When the tanks are empty the plane has distinctly greater lift, practically jumps off the runway. This makes sense in that the same power is pushing more wing area. This should make the stall speed lower, which is a great by-product, for a plane that already lands short when necessary.
When the tanks are full I can't take more than one passenger by and large, but that is my mission profile.
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