Fire !!

[Herne]

Had a message recently on the hud saying that I should try side slipping to put out the fire. 

 

I'm not sure which direction I should side slip. So if the fire is on the starboard wing should I side slip to port ?

[Guest deleted@50488]

I believe the correct procedure should be to "sideslip away from the fire", so as you wrote, if your starboard wing is on fire, you sideslip into your port / left wing...

[Finkeren]

If your plane is on fire, you should slip...

 

...out of your harness and the hell out of that crate.

[=WH=PangolinWranglin]

I agree with Finkeren. If there's a fire, you haven't got much of a chance of surviving if you stay strapped in. 

[216th_Jordan]

You can outdive a fire if you got enough altitude and are already quite fast, otherwise always bail. Not yet tried sideslipping out a fire though

[=EXPEND=CG_Justin]

With rudder behaving the way it does now, I find sideslipping very difficult. For me it usually ends in a cross-control stall. When there's fire, I bail.

[Monostripezebra]

Forget sideslipping.. speed diving is what puts fires out in the BoX world..

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thhkkf9Cf2o

[CanadaOne]

When on fire, try your best to share your predicament with he that caused it.

 

Ram the bastard!

[Luftschiff]

As others have written, altitude -> speed can save you. Make like a submarine and dive, dive, dive!

[=ARTOA=Bombenleger]

The sideslipping is not what puts the fire out but it can still save your live if you fly a single engined plane.
When the flames come out of your engine they will burn your pilot but when you dive, while sidelsipping in a dive the flames will go to the side and  not hurt your pilot that way you dont die while diving the flames out.
If the flames come out of your wing you dont need to sideslip but with the current rudder modelling its pretty hard to sideslip properly.

Edited June 28, 2017 by =ARTOA=Bombenleger

[Livai]

Remember it can and not it should save you doing this!

[THERION]

Another way to put out the fire is simply to open the canopy and trying to blow out the fire - but beware of your moustache... 

[F/JG300_Gruber]

If the fire is on the wing, opening the canopy with an oil spitting engine can help make it sweet and shiny though 

Edited June 28, 2017 by F/JG300_Gruber

[CF-105]

Another way to put out the fire is simply to open the canopy and trying to blow out the fire - but beware of your moustache... 

The part about the moustache I read in Jeremy Clarkson's voice, and now I can't stop reading the entire thing in his voice, it's great!