stopping fire by turning off engine?

[Derpa]

Just an idea because it's annoying when your four egnine bomber get's a flaming engine and you can't turn it off by just simply cutting power to it along with single engine unless it hits your main fuel tank then you're ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[Foxtrot39]

Already exist '-', just turn off engine and dive until its out

[baddoggs]

Cutting power won't stop fuel from a damaged line pouring onto a hot manifold...LoL

[xJMKx]

Originally posted by baddoggs:

Cutting power won't stop fuel from a damaged line pouring onto a hot manifold...LoL

I thought you gave up on this game, what are you still doing here?

[Foxtrot39]

as long its the engine and not the fuel tank is rather easy to put it out, turn off engine, dive , reach speed of 450 km/h and more , maintain speed , flamme goes out

Not always working but for engine fire it does often

[baddoggs]

Originally posted by FGxJMKx:

Originally posted by baddoggs:

Cutting power won't stop fuel from a damaged line pouring onto a hot manifold...LoL

I thought you gave up on this game, what are you still doing here?

Looking...
Learning....

[Dr_Picard_MD]

May I Also Inquire That planes in that time very very vunerable especialy around the fuel tanks.

[baddoggs]

A lot of allied and german planes had "self sealing" fuel tanks....
Did not completely stop fire, reduced the chance considerably though...

[Scowlin]

Self sealing fuel tanks were a British invention, I think they passed it onto the other Allies early on. Not sure if the Germans stole/copied the technology or developed it separately - I'm not sure they did at all.

The technology was fully passed over to the Americans after the war as part of the lend-lease deal (along with Radar, Sonar, Computers.... which the British then put under the official secret act and hid away, and the Americans took advantage of)

[baddoggs]

Yep I think you are right

[Scowlin]

Actually looks like an early version was created by an American in WW1. However it wasn't sufficient or suitable or liked ? (not explained) so a British version was created in the 1930's and this was the patent that was handed over to the US as part of the lend-lease deal.

The Germans used their own version as well.

Seems like not all planes got the technology either as it was expensive to produce and reduced the fuel load that could be carried.

Biggest use was for later Spitfires and the Pacific US fleet.

[baddoggs]

Yep these days we kind of take these things for granted...
It is good that some of us bother to learn "HIstory"
A good quote for you is.
"those that Ignore history are doomed to repeat it"
I can't remember who said it though....

[Inim_olend]

Originally posted by baddoggs:

"those that Ignore history are doomed to repeat it"

Someone from my homeland has said something similar:
"Who lives without past lives without future."
Just saying.

[baddoggs]

No matter how you phrase it it is good advice..