I would like to ask admins: Is there or isnt a Jap planes damage bug, that eliminates possibility of fuel fire? Ty
Which plane Devil, cos everytime I fly the Ki84 I die from the Right Feul catching fire andexploding. Mal
A6M Ki43 N1K1 I dont know about Ki84 or Ki27 In those 3 planes above, when I'm hit i ussualy get fuel leak. But never fuel fire.
A6M2 - many fuel leaks, ussualy from wings, about in 1/3 fuelfire. Ki-61 - can't remember. other Japs - sorry, i'm not flying on them
if you hit jap plane you have great chance that it will start loosing fuel; however chance that this fuel will catch on fire are very low... my experience -- seems to be quite opposite to reality if you want to set it alight, you have to shoot from very close D... I don't know why.. it doesn't make any sense
Its normal that the fuel leaks are more because the upper surface of the jap planes was made from textile (no enough metal to build all metal construction planes)so when the bullet hit the wing it doesn make spark which can fire up the fuel.Unfortunetly i don't know what the tanks have been made of.So if the fuel tanks were made from the same material....get it?If the wing and fuse ribs are the only metal parts-they can cause firing up the plane if they are hit by bullet. Im not sure about all this but im not 1 of those that alot
I find flying the A6M and N1k1/2 I get many fuel leaks from no leathal damage ((most time its lethal, and lose wing, etc)) and from fw-190, i get WAY too much c-fuel fire
My experience: Ki43 - i didnt see or get fuel fire since FH 1.42 Other Jap planes too, maybe fuel fire is VERY rare, but i havent gotten fire in zero for a long time too. I say again: I STARTED NOTICING THIS AFTER FH 1.42 I didnt wanna get into other planes but: 1x20mm CFUEL fire on FW190 (i thought this was a known bug?!) P40 B and E - since FH1.42 i never got a leak without fuel going on fire (always fuel fire) @mishen, Fuel fire from ordinary bullets occur when air enters fuel tanks thru bullet holes, then it makes an explosive mixture with remaining fuel. Cure for this was either pumping exhaust gases from engine into fuel tanks (russian method) or introducing "self-sealing" (kinda rubbery) fuel tanks, that close up bullet holes. Japanese planes had none of these things and since already lightly armoured they were real easy to light up. That was in reality... In FH... Every time I hit Ki43 I give him one or both tanks leak... Since FH 1.42 I never have seen ANY of them blow up or loose a wing! I started this thread because developers need to make repairs to what they screwed up in FH 1.42.
Thinking about it you're right, never died from a feul fire in A6M or Ki61 IMHO (memory not so good anymore) Lots of feul leaks though, PK's and bits falling off. Mal
If you fuel fire, try flying through some 20mm AA. Fuel fire in my Nikis Tonys and Zekes all the time from that. Also my wing (Niki) fell off last night from fuel fire when i was out of fuel. 2 kills in that sortie, both stolen by gamers who would rather build streak against dead engine planes than maintain alt and save ammo. I hope they got bounced. IMO the awarding of kills code is more buggy than fuel fire code, or rather could more do with correction (last bullet in should not always get the kill)
imho there is no need to lost time with repairing awarding of kills code... it doesn't affect the air combat at all (fuel fire at the other side affects it much).. it is good only for boosting yourself.. mb best would be to cancel kill announcement absolutely and btw.. last bullet is not getting always the kill... damages are classified and the highest class/last dmg of same class is counting.. imho
