Author Topic: Bomb release question (Read 317 times)

TexMurphy · « **on:** December 18, 2004, 06:37:44 PM »

Got a question.

What would happen in real life if a bomber would release bombs from within a bay if the plane was not flying level?

Where the bombs just released or "thrown" out?

Im thinkin of divebombing from bombers with bays. Wouldnt the bombs actually hit the bay?????

Tex

Engine · « **Reply #1 on:** December 18, 2004, 07:17:49 PM »

Don't be a lamer.

TexMurphy · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2004, 05:29:22 AM »

Im not gona DB in bombers dont worry... it sucks.. Im just wondering what would happen in reall life if it was done...

Wolf14 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2004, 06:14:22 AM »

I'm thinking that if everything was a constant the bombs would just stay where they are at until the bomber pulls away.

On the other hand if the things werent constant then the pilot of the bomber has to alot for deceleration of the bombs after release. Then take into account how many have to drop out of the racks and then pull up before they decelerate the distance from the back of the bomb and the rear bulk head of the bomb bay area and stack. Even stacked though I still think they would fall out when he pulled up but the bombs would more than likely tumble from getting hung up on the bottom lip of the bulk head exiting the bomb bay.

And of course I could just be out and out way off base.

rod367th · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2004, 06:33:20 AM »

Watch Story of jimmy Stewart last night. Saw alot of low level bombing in b24's. 1 shot was b24s diving on air base gunners were strafeing field bomber was dropping bombs. I could not tell bombers angle but know it wasn;t level.

only thing I didn't believe in story was when they said his fame had nothing to do with his fast rise thru ranks to brig Gen. I would bet only Private in ww2 to come out Full bird in 2 years and become a 1 star.

Furball · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2004, 06:33:52 AM »

well, if it is the B-17 style bomb rack i can imagine there would be problems, as for the Lancaster style rack, would there be less of a problem?

interesting that the Ju88 was designed as a dive bomber, did that mount all of its bombs on external racks when performing dive bombing missions? or did it have a specially designed bay?

SNO · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2004, 07:43:36 AM »

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Originally posted by rod367th
Watch Story of jimmy Stewart last night. Saw alot of low level bombing in b24's. 1 shot was b24s diving on air base gunners were strafeing field bomber was dropping bombs. I could not tell bombers angle but know it wasn;t level.

Ahhhh, so low level dive bombing buffs are in fact the real deal.

bozon · « **Reply #7 on:** December 19, 2004, 10:57:40 AM »

one of the problems in releasing bombs is getting it cleanly into the airstream away from the plane.

on the way out of the bomb bay, the bomb has to cross a very tubulant region from the near 0 air speed inside the bay to the 300(?) mph wind outside. If you got to watch films of bomb drops, you'll notice a lot of the bombs wiggle on their way out, and seeing one spinning out of control is not rare.

in dive bombing, the bomb will move away from the plane more slowly, making the time spent in the turbulant region much longer. Also, the typical airspeed and turbulace strength will also be higher. In extreem cases this might even cause the bomb to be thrown back inside.

Even with modern jets, a clean bomb release is not such a simple matter. They do not release in vertical dives even though the bombs are straped under the wings. Some times small charges are used to get the bomb quickly away from the wing turbulances (and I think they are timed so that the bomb will be released is a slightly downward attitude and not parallel to the wing, but I'm not sure).
I've seen a film of F18 hitting it's own horizontal stabalizer, during experiments with a mk82(?) bomb, that was released in a shallow dive, sunk 2m, span out of control and was thrown up and back relative to the plane.

So getting the bomb out of the door is not the whole issue.

Bozon