Fire and Slips

**KirkH** · 12-01-2021 21:57

I've seen a few times in threads on this forum where people have mentioned doing slips when ones plane is on fire. I've looked through my rulebooks and can't find where slips are mentioned in conjunction with fire. I mention it because in another WWI air game I've seen a rule where a pilot can slip his aircraft to avoid fire in the cockpit and thought maybe that's what the Wings of Glory rule is about. Can someone enlighten me? Thanks.

**OldGuy59** · 12-01-2021 22:18

Check the maneuver card.

If the card doesn't have an upward arrow in the bottom corner, it isn't a straight, and therefore legal to use while on fire.

**KirkH** · 12-02-2021 05:10

But where in the rules does it say one can't move straight while on fire?

**flash** · 12-02-2021 07:08

Originally Posted by KirkH

But where in the rules does it say one can't move straight while on fire?

In the section on 'Special Damages'. The wording is 'the airplane on fire cannot plan any straight manoeuvre' (p12 RAP 2014).

**Baxter** · 12-02-2021 13:39

Back in 2009 you started an interesting thread on fire ....

https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...highlight=Fire

**OldGuy59** · 12-02-2021 16:08

Point to Note: This is a rule put in place by Ares, and wasn't in the Nexus rules. So, if you are using the Wings of War rules, you might have missed this.

**KirkH** · 12-03-2021 07:54

Yep. All my game materials are of the old Nexus variety. The only thing I own that says "Ares" are some of the miniatures.

**KirkH** · 12-03-2021 07:55

Originally Posted by Baxter

Back in 2009 you started an interesting thread on fire ....

https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...highlight=Fire

Yep, and I play with a house rule that says fires don't automatically extinguish themselves after three turns.

**Baxter** · 12-03-2021 14:19

I like topics like these. I also think that maybe no shooting should occur if you are on fire or are smoking. I believe personal survival would be the prime consideration for any pilot.

**KirkH** · 12-03-2021 18:18

Part of the reason I created my house rule about fires is because once a plane was on fire the pilots sole goal was to survive. It wasn't a case of "I know it'll go out in a little while so I'll keep fighting". To me a fire is essentially the same as the explosion card, but in slow motion. The pilot has some unknown amount of time to get his crate down and save himself. It just makes fire a bit more realistic (to me anyway).

**flash** · 12-06-2021 10:06

Originally Posted by Baxter

I like topics like these. I also think that maybe no shooting should occur if you are on fire or are smoking. I believe personal survival would be the prime consideration for any pilot.

You forget when near demise the urge to take some bastard with you !

**Teaticket** · 12-06-2021 10:17

In a lot of my games people fly away from a burning plane so they don't often get a shot off. If the fire is going to take them out you don't want him to get a shot on you.