how to put out engine fire

[WheelwrightPL]

I didn't know it was possible but it can be done (watch at 17-minutes). Quite amazing and kudos to the developers for modeling this: it makes flying bombers much more rewarding.

What's the procedure to follow ? Is it airplane dependent (and if so what plane is most fire-resilient) ? Last but not-least: can it be done for single-engined planes ?

 

 

[ST_Pirato]

I did it many times in Rise of Flight, I did it too in BoS but not that often. Mostly because of lack of altitude I think it helps to cut the mixture to lean.

[WheelwrightPL]

I wonder if you cut-off fuel to the burning engine quickly, will it increase your chances of extinguishing the fire ? Is it modeled in the game ? (I wish it was so that perceptive and quick-thinking players are rewarded).

 

However: based on all the videos I have seen people seem to increase their speed as first priority by pointing the nose down.

[GridiroN]

You roll wing down and dive. If it's a fuel fire, it'll be put out. You can't put out engine fires. 

 

The only planes that I can consistently put out fires in is the HE111, and BF110 presumably because their tanks are huge and can easily remove the fuel from the fire. 

 

 

Edited June 6, 2018 by GridiroN

[Requiem]

Yeah pretty much high airspeed is the key just like it is in Rise of Flight. Ideally you would cut the mixture / secure the engine but I don't recall if that makes a difference in the sim. One of the funniest kills I made was against a diving 109, he was flying so fast in the dive that once he was hit and his engine was on fire it put it itself out almost immediately afterwards. I thought he was a goner so I was surprised to see bullets whiz past me on my climb out as he expended energy to take a shot then glide to safety.

[WheelwrightPL]

2 hours ago, GridiroN said:

You roll wing down and dive. If it's a fuel fire, it'll be put out. You can't put out engine fires.

 

Strange, I would assume it should be the opposite: you cut-off fuel supply to the engine and there is nothing to burn in the engine (except for oil maybe ?).

 

BTW: Can you see from the cockpit if it is engine fire or fuel fire ? Does the simulator have different animations for each ? Can pilot figure out the type of fire by looking at behaviour of engine gauges ?

[Inkophile]

21 hours ago, WheelwrightPL said:

I wonder if you cut-off fuel to the burning engine quickly, will it increase your chances of extinguishing the fire ? Is it modeled in the game ? (I wish it was so that perceptive and quick-thinking players are rewarded).

 

However: based on all the videos I have seen people seem to increase their speed as first priority by pointing the nose down.

 

IRL the procedure generally was to immediately shut off the fuel valve and to apply maximum throttle to burn all the remaining fuel in the line for that as fast as possible, getting rid of the most combustible substance, and then use the engine fire extinguisher if the plane has one fitted. If that doesn't help a high-speed dive is the next step to try to blow out the fire, and assuming the fire isn't too intense that usually worked.

 

17 hours ago, WheelwrightPL said:

BTW: Can you see from the cockpit if it is engine fire or fuel fire ? Does the simulator have different animations for each ? Can pilot figure out the type of fire by looking at behaviour of engine gauges ?

 

Depending on where the fuel tanks are you can hopefully see where the fire is. If you have wing tanks burning that's usually quite easy to see, but a fuselage tank fire is much harder to distinguish. Engine fires are orange-yellow and produce a lot of black smoke while fuel fires are blue, so if you go into a fairly sharp turn as you wing over into the dive you might be able to see the difference.

Edited June 7, 2018 by Inkompetent

[GridiroN]

19 hours ago, WheelwrightPL said:

 

Strange, I would assume it should be the opposite: you cut-off fuel supply to the engine and there is nothing to burn in the engine (except for oil maybe ?).

 

BTW: Can you see from the cockpit if it is engine fire or fuel fire ? Does the simulator have different animations for each ? Can pilot figure out the type of fire by looking at behaviour of engine gauges ?

 

I could be wrong and have that backwards. I don't think so though.