Originally posted by tedrbr
wouldn't using the onboard fire suppression system, cutting the fuel, and feathering the prop be a tad bit more realistic....as well as steps you'd take, prior to going into a wing-ripping-off dive?
My grandpa had an engine fire, in I beleive a B-26. It was in a test program, so enemy fire wasnt a question. How did he put it out? Cut fuel. Still burned. How did he finally put it out? He dived and got a enough air whipping through to put it out.
Having heard this story as a child, imagine my suprise when I got an engine fire in my No. 2 on a B-17G, immidiately turned the engine off, and put the plane into a dive, only to rip the wings off before the damned thing went out!