Without another ignition source, no. It’s not going to explode just because it’s leaking
the ignition source is the HE-I shell that bloody ruptured it to begin with
And given that it’s just fragments hitting the tank, there is a very real chance that the tank seals up. If it’s hit directly by the shell then yeah, you got a problem
You would have to hit the tank directly. Because the HE in the shell has completely destroyed the line, preventing further ignition. Fuel vapors are leaking, but without another source, it’s going to stay inert
you know fuel lines dont magically make fuel fire retardant right? if you cut a fuel pipe and light a match next to it (which is what a 20mm HEI would be doing in this scenario) its going to ignite
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If you cut the fuel pipe and then destroy it through your high explosive, you are going to prevent further fuel reaching the fire. This is why the Germans switched mainly to incendiary ammunition against B 17s. It’s why pure incendiary ammo works better then high explosive does
Lol. Also why we don’t smoke cigarettes and wave around sparklers in fuel stations
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its also why when theres a gas leak in a building electricity gets turned off too
high explosive still creates enough heat to flash start a fuel fire especially the amount of explosive from a 2cm
I’m not doubting that. That’s basic chemistry. What I’m doubting (Based on data I have seen and read) is that it hasn’t destroyed its source of the fuel through said explosion
a fuel line being severed would cut off fuel to whatever it was supplying as well as being a fire risk
Yeah. That’s the same reason why it’s unlikely to cause a conflagration with an HE shell. There is no fuel to feed the fire
Tbf high octane leaded gas is harder to ignite than your average fuel used in cars.
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ok you have to be trolling or know nothing about engineering. you’re not disabling the fuel pump so there’s going to be fuel spurting out of the severed cable like a cut jugular, that will fuel a fire nicely
You do understand how delayed that fuel is relative to the explosion. By the time the fuel gets to the point of the leak, that superheated gas has been blown far away by the aircrafts movement. The fuel is jarred out of position by the explosion.
theres fuel right there, in the fuel pipe, that has just gone boom.
There isn’t an oxidizer in the line unless something has gone very wrong, like a previous explosive shell hitting it
Doesn’t change the point I was making. Even then I could talk about the Ki-49, that thing shouldn’t have taken the amount of damage it took and I managed to keep it running somehow. In a different match. However, I’m not gonna say Bombers shouldn’t be reworked, most of them in the game still use the old flight damage model.
the inside of an aircraft wing isnt a vacuum
The expansion of the gases from the HE shell will prevent oxidizer from reaching the fuel