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Refleccos Aug 7, 2021 @ 9:59am
self sealing fuel tank is a lie
when the xray says ur plane have self sealing tanks but when you play it does not seal at all

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Originally posted by OcGuy:
it seal itself, in a low chance situation. Best way to actually get rid of the fire is to turn the engine off midflight and dive down, hope the fire will dissipates. It's risky but what else to do?
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jr83 (Banned) Aug 7, 2021 @ 10:04am 
Originally posted by Refleccos:
when the xray says ur plane have self sealing tanks but when you play it does not seal at all

It doesn't always work, especially if it's trying to seal with a fire going.
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Zalzany Aug 7, 2021 @ 10:06am 
There are not magic.. And trust me ones with out it are far worse, had many a japanese plane burn till the wings fell off, from a scratch lol
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Jaes Aug 7, 2021 @ 10:10am 
Self-sealing fuel tanks don't work the way people think they work. At best, they reduce the amount of fuel loss due to holes in your fuel tanks. The best case scenario is that they do completely stop fuel loss, but it takes several minutes for this to occur.

And has been mentioned, if your aircraft is suffering a fuel fire, self-sealing fuel tanks aren't going to stop the burn until the fire is fuel starved either by burning through the fuel or luck.
Last edited by Jaes; Aug 7, 2021 @ 10:19am
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OcGuy Aug 7, 2021 @ 10:56am 
it seal itself, in a low chance situation. Best way to actually get rid of the fire is to turn the engine off midflight and dive down, hope the fire will dissipates. It's risky but what else to do?
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