granite sand
What do you guys think about having a system where when your engines take enough damage they catch fire and take damage over time until they are destroyed? To counter this a pilot would have to turn the engine off and back on again in it's most basic form, or intact with some fire suppression interface before restarting the engines.
patent pebble
i think this is preferable to "on fire" being just a visual thing at low HP
cursive shoal
I think it's just a bit too much for the semi-arcadey-simmy nature of VTOL.
hybrid badger
it seems a bit niche, but I suppose fuel dump also is
cursive shoal
There's a point to which fire on an aircraft means, get the hell out / land as soon as practical.
In VTOL if you're damaged to the point which you are on fire, it's best to decide if you can save it or punch out.
burnt cipher
saving it would just mean buying more time to land, not fully going back to fighting
ignoring the fire makes your engines fully broken
with this system
hybrid relic
buying more control/ease for landing as well
hybrid badger
the fire should have some consequence even if its fully solvable
You won't be restarting an engine that's been on fire and had fire suppression pulled. Not only because jet turbines wouldn't want to restart after having been on fire or having a bunch of combustion inhibiting foam sprayed in them, but also whatever fuel/oil/hydraulic leak that caused the fire in the first place is probably still going to be there when you go to restart it 😄
so that'd be the most immediate consequence
hybrid relic
IMO this would be a better system than just the engine either being fully functional or fully broken
also hooks back into a new/improved damage system
hybrid badger
I think if anything it should come with a damage model rework
having to deal with partial functionality of systems and working around that would be neat, and would give some actual functionality to the redundant analog navigation tools present on some aircraft
cursive shoal
I think an all-encompassing "damage models update" request would go over very well in the community.
honest oxide
yeah being able to salvage an engine would be nice
hybrid relic
Is it even possible to restart a damaged engine in the base game? Whenever I get an engine failure I always try to restart it mid-flight but it never works.
cursive shoal
Nope. If an engine or the APU fails, it’s dead. Bone dead
granite sand
You won't be restarting an engine that's been on fire and had fire suppression p...
Ok, that's fair.. but this all sounds like problems for ground crew to figure out. Right after i suppress this fire and get my engines restarted to limp my jet home. 😂
I understand the realism factor, but i'd love to see some recovery option to a damaged engine. And it'd be another thing for a wso/ewo to do. Pilot works on flying and surviving, co-pilot focuses engine recovery.
hybrid badger
Ok, that's fair.. but this all sounds like problems for ground crew to figure ou...
it's very much going to become a you problem when the previously disconnected leaking fuel line turns back into a flamethrower
and when you realize you only get one pull for fire suppression per engine
upbeat urchin
Yea I’m all for more detailed damage models in general
wispy burrow
I'm all for fires degrading the plane over time if they're not dealt with
candid mulch
I'm all for fires degrading the plane over time if they're not dealt with
yeah it could drain HP so to speak