They don't calibrate, they use the F3 view and drop from there. Ostwinds usually will kill most of them, but they take up to 7 hits sometimes more some times less to kill one buff. Now multiply that times three and you can see that they will usually get the bomb load off.
One well-known low level buff driver, as of this post, is showing 247 kills in B-17s, and 794 deaths in them. That is really effective isn't it?
As stated in other posts, it is a problem if you spend a lot of time on the ground defending bases. A formation of 3 Lancaster’s dropping 42,000 pounds of ordinance to kill one defending ground vehicle using dive and loop tactics happens quite often. I have evaded some of these attacks, but more often than not you can't get out of the range of three 4000-pound bombs no matter how you evade. I can say that I am fair at "Gunning and Running" but you can't get out of the way of three Lancaster’s flying 200 feet off the ground and dropping there entire load to kill ya.
The Ju88 was designed to be a shallow dive-bomber, but the Lancaster’s, B-24s and B-17s (Heavy Buffs) were not. They are the main problem. Why up Jus when I can do the same thing with Lancaster’s with no consequence.
Urchin:
I have seen lots of times when Lancaster’s continue to drop on GV spawns. Then reload and up again and again. It will continue until either one GV or possibly a fly guy kills the ordinance, or Cap is established and maintained. And on the down side, when cap is established, once a few kills are made, the cap usually runs home to "Cash the Kills".
But this is just low level buff work. Not the dive bombing that is the main topic.
Dive Bombing Buffs are just for dweebs that can't hit crap with a jabo. It is like a shotgun verses a sniper rifle. One doesn't take hardly any skill at all to exploit.
2- 1000 lbs. bombs VS. 42,000 lbs. in mixed ords. to kill an Jeep. What would the noob take.
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