Why can't we put out fires?

[mussie]

HT fair call on your reasoning for not having extinguishers (though I still think it would add to imersion) But....

How about the dive option... I was in a 234 and puffy ack started a fire in one engine... I Knew it wouldn't work but I dove to over 600MPH to try and put it out...  ( the film looks cool an ar234 doing 600+ with a mile long smoke trail )

My point is if you had the ability to out out fires by diving then it would add more choices... for example

Your in 24 with formation, you take a hit on the engine you can
Dive or Bail

If you dive you risk
- Loosing your drones
- Breaking wings
- Crashing into the ground
- Bringing your formation into harms way by lowering you ALT (Yep some of us fly over 25 feet in buff's ppl )

By having the dive option you add new choices, that need to be made under pressure. Personally I like that idea.

Later All

[Karnak]

Most fires I see on bombers in AH are not engine fires, they are fuel tank fires and no puny fire extinquisher is going to stop those.

[SirLoin]

Originally posted by Enduro
i'd like to see the fire go out if the pilot chooses to shut down the engine.

or the chance extinguishing the fire if you put the plane in a high speed dive.

[Lye-El]

And don't for get to unslave all the guns on the bombers. It's certain death to end up behind a formation.

Or maybe let me fly and shoot three fighters at a time.

On the other hand, If the bombers were at 30,000 they would be shot less, therefore burn less.

[nirvana]

Can someone explain to me how throwing foam on an engine is gonna stop a fire?  Unless someone spilled a little bit on oil on the headers (which should be modeled in oil leaks I think:aok )  All you really have is the fuel tank catching on fire, no?


Oh and what is the effectiveness of a fire extinguisher at 200MPH anyway? Next to none i'd think, however, i'm no expert.