I have taken the liberty of dissecting and examining titanic3's post, so as to ascertain the the message hidden within.
I think he is saying that because the Zero lacks self-sealing fuel tanks, it catches fire easily.
Then he says how he likes the Messerschmidt Bf 109 G14 and flys it alot. He then mentions how he takes particular pleasure in destroying aircraft that are lightly armoured, giving the example of the "Zeke".
After this introduction he goes on into the real meat of his post, claiming to know a good "tip" for those who's planes catches on fire.
He explains that if one were to burst into flame, one should turn the engine off. Titanic3 even goes on to claim that one could extend his or hers flight time or "life" by atleast 5 minutes, 10 minutes at the max, enough time he says, to land.
I believe that he thinks that cutting ones engine will cause the aircraft to burn slower.
His reasoning is that you won't being using any fuel and therefore won't burn as quickly. He provides no solid proof of this via flim.
After this he goes on to say that the Messerschmidt Bf 109 G14 rarely catches fire because, and I quote, "it have good armor."
At this point he goes on to relate his experiances with the bf109G14 in combat. he says that when he observes an enemy plane on fire he often wonders why his foe does not cut his engine; alluding to the fact that he believes that in doing so his foe will live much longer.
It appears that his true motive for posting this is to help his friends whom he had seen on fire. He then gives us an alternate course of action for if his idea of turning off the engine should fail, I quote "just bail out cuz ur still gonna die."
He finishes his post with this: "NO MATTER WAT.
" he is no doubt refering his own skills in aerial combat. By the nature of the post and especially the final sentence he no doubt believe that his skill is "uber" or "l337".
The "NO MATTER WAT" seems to show his overconfidence in his own ability, believing that an aircraft slower and less armoured then his own bears no chance of defeating him in combat.
In conlusion,
titanic3's idea: Plane on fire will die from the flames buring off a wing or the like, but if you turn off your engine you wont die as quickly, it will in fact buy you more time to land.
titanic3's plane of choice: The Messerschmidt Bf 109 G14
titanic3's rating of his own skills: "uber" and/or "l337"
titanic3's prey of choice: Anything slower and less armoured than him, especially the A6M series of aircraft, no doubt using the tried and true tactic of booming and zooming.
-Boss Yoshimbo-
