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Offline blkmgc

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« on: January 12, 2007, 06:33:35 PM »
Maybe add the ability to dive to kill an engine fire.
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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2007, 07:10:58 PM »
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?

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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2007, 07:18:21 PM »
Diving was indeed one of the measures one would take to put out an engine fire.  Cutting the mixture was the first, but you bet your posterior that you don't wait to see if that stops it before you dive.  Feathering doesn't affect fires and most aircraft don't have on-board fire detection and extinguishing devices.

Right now the problem with fires in the game isn't limited to the permanence but rather the infrequency.  Fire should be the primary cause of aircraft loss.  Right now, it's the very least common cause in the game.

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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2007, 08:11:40 PM »
Either option would be cool.
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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2007, 08:11:43 PM »
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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!

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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2007, 08:55:21 PM »
Lol... Someones been watching too much Memphis Belle.

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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2007, 03:40:47 AM »
I seem to kill most and lose most bombers due to fire, just me though.
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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2007, 05:43:25 AM »
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Lol... Someones been watching too much Memphis Belle.


Someone doesnt read history much. ;)
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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2007, 11:49:59 AM »
Yes, I guess non-fiction books were never my stronghold.
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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2007, 09:09:19 PM »
If the engine fire was forward of the firewall you would have been able to dive to put it out, after shutting off fuel. If it was aft of the fire wall, better to bail as soon as possible. Don't think AH has modeled firewalls yet.
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« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2007, 09:27:36 PM »
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If the engine fire was forward of the firewall you would have been able to dive to put it out, after shutting off fuel. If it was aft of the fire wall, better to bail as soon as possible. Don't think AH has modeled firewalls yet.


100% true. But in the game, it would be cool to have an option other than watching the fire and wondering how long till I blow up. :)  Not a showstopper by any means, just an adition to an already great game.
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« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2007, 09:33:34 PM »
well IMO i love watching flaming planes kind of like the 4th of July :O

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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2007, 11:11:10 PM »
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Lol... Someones been watching too much Memphis Belle.


Lol... Someone's hasnt been thinking before posting.

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« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2007, 02:39:21 PM »
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Someone doesnt read history much. ;)



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« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2007, 02:58:36 PM »
Yes, I guess that's relevant.  Oh, wait.  We were comparing Aces High II and reality, not Aces High and Warbirds.