When you hit the fuel tank and it explodes, nothing really severe happens in the first moment. But after that, the 109 quickly loses fuel enitl the tank is empty which will occur relatively fast (within 2 mins). I just had that event yesterday o nthe ATAG server where Wellington gunners exploded the tanks of the 109, which dealt no damage to me as a pilot, but after the fireball was gone I realized that the fuel was leaking heavily and within the next 60 seconds the tank was empty.
I also observed that on the Repka dogfight server where 109s seemingly came out of the fireball flying homewards but a mintue later the propeller stopped due to no fuel in the tanks. I conclude that the fuel tank in the current model configuration doesn´t detonate the plane in mid air ( in the best case the plane is still on fire and so the cockpit) immediately, but the plane will go down very soon due to a huge fuel leak (as a result of the tank explosion?).
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