Fuel wish, and something extra

[thedoom26]

I was on a strat run with some people, and i remember 1eagle i think he got a fuel leak, and he said something that it would be helpfull if you could some how pump the fuel to a different tank,to a different engine, so if this is possible i wish for the ability to pump fuel from a damage tank to the good one....I have no idea if Bombers during war period could transfer fuel to a undamaged tank.....And another wish for bombers, engine fires i wish we had the ability to be able to put out the fire, I know some bombers back in the day could,....soo that is my wish, ...If this is a stupid idea feel free to tell me

[Lusche]

.And another wish for bombers, engine fires i wish we had the ability to be able to put out the fire, I know some bombers back in the day could,.

We don't have engine fires in AH, only fuel tank fires... and I'm not sure if any plane had a chance putting out such a fire

[thedoom26]

ooh, my bad...well can i switch my wish , I wish for engine fires, and the ability to puut them out ..i thought their was engines fires, thanks for letting  me know

[MachNix]

All engines run from the same tank so selecting a leaking tank is like pumping gas at the rate the engines are using it.

Fuel Leak Procedures:
1. Display damage (CTRL D) to determine tank that is leaking.
2. Select leaking tank by toggling fuel selector (SHIFT F) - Tank indicator text yellow.
3. When tank goes dry, toggle fuel selector (SHIFT F) to auto - Tank indicator text white.
4. Restart engine(s) (E) if required.

[colmbo]

On the B-17 you could transfer fuel but it was a ponderous process and move the fuel at a low rate.  The airplane is setup with a fuel tank for each engine located in the wing behind the engines (the inboards #2,#3 actually have to separate cells plumbed as one).  There was no means to transfer fuel within the same wing, example #1 to #2.  To go from 1 to 2 you first have to pump the fuel from 1 to either 3 or 4 then pump it back across the airplane to 2.  Quite time consuming.  There was a single pump used to do the transfer, any failure of that pump and you weren't moving any fuel.

The B-24 had a fuel manifold over the wing in the midsection.  The Liberator I flew had been modified with a modern fuel system so I don't know the details of the Libs transfer system.  As I understand the engineer would manually plug/unplug fuel lines on the manifold to move fuel as needed, and again done with a low volume pump so very time consuming.

Doubtful the fighters had a means to transfer fuel.  Normally just a selector to determine which tank fuel is drawn from.