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Originally Posted by philip.ed
Yep, this photo shows one of the times when lots of burning oil (or something like that) comes out of the plane and ignites in a really violent way. It is, however, not a continuous process...or at least in footage I have seen I have never seen this be continually coming out of the plane.
It is a funny thing though modelling this, as so many different films from the period show different damage effects.
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This isn't really oil. The oil flame isn't so great in size and really produce more less smoke in air with the amount of burning oil in aircraft. It is fuel.
Sample: Just try to take a big floor-cloth, then pover over by the car fuel... aproximum 1 liter should be inside the floor-cloth. This will emulate a bit the fuel in a protected tank with the hole of explosion. Now burn it in air (using some long cane that to damage yourself). See the flame and smoke. However the bad thing that modern car fuel isn't so bad... and produce way less smoke. Anyway, the sample for you will be good.....
Then take bycicle oil in a portion of 1/100-1/300 of a liter. Make then the same procedue like above with this amount of oil - that will emulate the proportion of oil comparing to the amount of fuel in aircraft.
Now compare results.
Hope you wont make it in reality, because it is dangerous... but maybe this simple explanation with my poor english will be enough.