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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: StokesAk on April 11, 2009, 10:43:40 AM
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Drop Tanks could catch on fire?
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It would be a neat sight to see a flaming drop tank falling from the sky with the current in-game evening lighting :cool:
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Agreed, the drop should be able to catch fire, just like the internal fuel tanks we carry. But I do think it's hard to model (since it's basically ordnance).
Although I've never heard of this happening IRL, Im sure it would've been possible.
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no fire, explode
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I agree, they should be able to catch on fire. Although this would have probably never occurred in WWII (pilots dropped the tanks before engaging an enemy aircraft), it would still be nice to have the feature.
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Although this would have probably never occurred in WWII (pilots dropped the tanks before engaging an enemy aircraft)
You can find quite a few WW2 guncam clips where you can see German fighters with their drop tanks still on.
O guess it was quite possible that badly trained rookie pilots in late 44 simply forgot to drop them in the heat of the battle.
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I figured that it might have happened, yet having no solid evidence to support my claim I went with the, "less likely" route.
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You can find quite a few WW2 guncam clips where you can see German fighters with their drop tanks still on.
O guess it was quite possible that badly trained rookie pilots in late 44 simply forgot to drop them in the heat of the battle.
There's a gun cam clip out there somewhere of a 109 with a drop tank on getting hit in the drop tank and the drop tank explodes.
wrongway
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It would be a neat sight to see a flaming drop tank falling from the sky with the current in-game evening lighting :cool:
:rofl
Imagine all the kill stealers diving in from 15k to kill the drop tank.
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:rofl
Imagine all the kill stealers diving in from 15k to kill the drop tank.
lol
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I believe someones said something like this before and I'll post again.
If it's a cannnon round, and it hit a drop tank it should, indeed, explode.
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Shouldn't rounds going through a bombers bomb bay cause any bombs to explode in the plane? Sorry if that's a hijack.
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I am fairly sure that someone made a thread on this and a video was posted.
Fairly
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iunno bout the exploding part. it would take ONE round to make a tank explode.....that means i could take some tempest down with one 303. now whoever is in that temp is gonna be REEEAL Pissed. i agree with the catching on fire. But there really isnt much point seeing as once the victim sees that his tank is on fire he can simply drop it. And if it stays on for too long it can explode i guess. meh this is gonna be just as hopeless as the B-29
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You can find quite a few WW2 guncam clips where you can see German fighters with their drop tanks still on.
O guess it was quite possible that badly trained rookie pilots in late 44 simply forgot to drop them in the heat of the battle.
That happened a lot towards the end of 1944, but they didn't catch fire, they exploded.
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You can find quite a few WW2 guncam clips where you can see German fighters with their drop tanks still on.
O guess it was quite possible that badly trained rookie pilots in late 44 simply forgot to drop them in the heat of the battle.
They might have been surprised by the enemy aswell, in any case it would be bad to still have it with you at the moment :D
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iunno bout the exploding part. it would take ONE round to make a tank explode...
A tank as in a fuel-tank? Not unless you're using incendiary rounds, and a lot of them. May I remind you, copper and lead don't spark.
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Not unless you're using incendiary rounds, and a lot of them. May I remind you, copper and lead don't spark.
But perhaps the heat from the round itself might trigger any gasses to ignite?
Although I'm not sure if the bullet is still that hot at altitude and from a distance...
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They did a deal on MythBusters a while back with a 007 theme. They were trying to make a propane tank explode by shooting it. They tried plain shells, hollow point, full metal jacket, and incendiary rounds. Nothing would make the tank explode. They came up with the idea that the shell passed through the tank so quickly, that the gasses inside didn't have time to ignite, even with the incendiary rounds. But, not to be outdone, they did use a rpg (i believe) and that made a nice boom.
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It was the incendiary rounds actually that caused the "car gas tank" to catch fire. AT that point it looked like swiss cheese, so there was no explosion. It also needed 3 rounds. That episode was on last night. Oh and MythBuster's would not use an RPG.... As a grenade has nothing to do with the myth they were busting.
They did a deal on MythBusters a while back with a 007 theme. They were trying to make a propane tank explode by shooting it. They tried plain shells, hollow point, full metal jacket, and incendiary rounds. Nothing would make the tank explode. They came up with the idea that the shell passed through the tank so quickly, that the gasses inside didn't have time to ignite, even with the incendiary rounds. But, not to be outdone, they did use a rpg (i believe) and that made a nice boom.
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It was the incendiary rounds actually that caused the "car gas tank" to catch fire. AT that point it looked like swiss cheese, so there was no explosion. It also needed 3 rounds. That episode was on last night. Oh and MythBuster's would not use an RPG.... As a grenade has nothing to do with the myth they were busting.
Actually, they would just to make a boom at the end of the show. You are thinking of a different episode. :P
Edit. It was explosives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4n--xOOoWE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4n--xOOoWE)
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AH HA!!! Not the same episode. I'll go find it. They used a small car's gas tank in the other one. :salute
Actually, they would just to make a boom at the end of the show. You are thinking of a different episode. :P
Edit. It was explosives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4n--xOOoWE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4n--xOOoWE)
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Then again, cars use different fuel. The WWII birds would´ve used fuel with much more octane. Not sure if this causes it to be more flammable though.