Is there a timed dealy fuse for bombs in AH?

[Skull-1]

Do we have a delayed fuse setting anywhere?

If not, why not?

Would be great to have the ability to NOE a base and drop a delayed detonation bomb.

[JB73]

no there is not.


all bombs in ah must travel 1000 feet before they arm, then detonate on impact with any object.

[The Fugitive]

....and the 1000 feet is any combination of vertical and horizontal feet.

[Adonai]

Originally posted by Skull-1
Do we have a delayed fuse setting anywhere?

If not, why not?

Would be great to have the ability to NOE a base and drop a delayed detonation bomb.

Germans used time delayed fused bombs against Bomber formations not sure how much damage they actually caused, i doubt they were really successful due to fighter escorts later in war a 250kg bomb would be more hamper then anything else.

[Stang]

Do we really need more tools for the tools?

[kilz]

where do yall get 1000 feet from. bombs arm in 600 feet.

rooks 200 feet

bish 250 feet

knights 30,000 feet then you get invalid componet 0 LOL just kidding\\bomb arming has always been 600 feet.

[Donzo]

Originally posted by kilz
where do yall get 1000 feet from. bombs arm in 600 feet.

rooks 200 feet

bish 250 feet

knights 30,000 feet then you get invalid componet 0 LOL just kidding\\bomb arming has always been 600 feet.

One of those little tips at game startup say otherwise....1000 ft.

[kilz]

ok how many of yall have bombed a gv from 600 feet????

i know HTC say 1000. bombs will arm at 600 feet. goto offline mode and try it.

[Lusche]

Originally posted by kilz
ok how many of yall have bombed a gv from 600 feet????

i know HTC say 1000. bombs will arm at 600 feet. goto offline mode and try it.

Just because you drop succesfully from 600 feet of altitude that doesn't mean they arm in less than 1000ft traveled distance
Bombs do not fall straight downward.



The faster your plane is at the moment of drop, the lower the altitude you can drop at with bomb still traveling far enough to arm.

[SD67]

^what he said^

[zorstorer]

Also unless I am crazy, aren't the numbers on the icon in yards?  If so maybe thats why you think that you are dropping at 600 feet when in reality you are dropping at over 1000ft?

[Lusche]

Originally posted by zorstorer
Also unless I am crazy, aren't the numbers on the icon in yards?  

Yes, they are.

[SD67]

If you release by the time your icon range hits -333 your bomb will arm before it hits.

[Vulcan]

don't you mean rook... err.. retarded bombs?

[kilz]

Originally posted by Lusche
Just because you drop succesfully from 600 feet of altitude that doesn't mean they arm in less than 1000ft traveled distance
Bombs do not fall straight downward.



The faster your plane is at the moment of drop, the lower the altitude you can drop at with bomb still traveling far enough to arm.

ok i understand the nice layout you gave and all. thats all cool and everything if i am dive bombing at a angle. but for the most part i come straight down on the gv and let my bomb go at 600. so with out much of an angle at all how does that bomb still take 1000 feet to hit the target.


there has to be some way to test this. if i show a film coming straight down on a gv and bomb it at 600 feet that should show how far the bomb traveled before hitting target right???? if so i will film it so i can see this and know how far it really travels