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Originally Posted by Baron
Its not like im asking to be able to fly arround all day long on fire. If u flew the BF alot u would know what im talking about 
If i didnt know better i would say that the explosion in the Bf was triggered by the fact that u press Ctrl+E and bail and i fail to see how thats a feature and not a bug.
Fact is, if Bf109`s caches on fire u are pretty much deat unless u bail within 2 sec flat, unlike many other ac`s, that, while they do explode, they do so mostly when they hit the ground.
Like i said, if it is a feature it would be intresting to know the thinking behind the fact that a few select ac`s, Bf109 in perticular, explodes just a few sec after caching fire (without exeption in my experiance) when most dont. I mean, fire is fire, right?
I mean, even the Ki84 can have fire in the wings that goes out on its own, enebeling the pilot to bail or even make it home again, thats just not the case with the Bf109 once on fire. If u are fast enough and lucky u will make it IF u press refly, again, fast enough, and thats just "gaming" the game in my book. |
Have you flown the P-39 Airacobra much? Or the Spitfire, or the Hurricane? What I mean is, they all exhibit the behaviour you are talking about. That is, they catch fire and explode almost immediately, usually, especially in the Airacobra, at the point of bailing.
I have often wondered whether it's the act of jettisoning the canopy or opening the door, thus admitting a rush of air, that causes the fire to go out of control and detonate the fuel tank? I suppose it would depend on the location of the fuel tank that has ignited - which would account for why the Spit, with its tank in front of the pilot, is less prone to exploding as you bail (though the pilot is likely to become severely wounded or dead very quickly).
What I'm saying is that this modelling, right or wrong, is not confined to the Bf-109.
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