Author Topic: Is there a timed dealy fuse for bombs in AH? (Read 1058 times)

kilz · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2008, 06:24:04 AM »

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Originally posted by 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?

never mind just read that. now it makes since its in yards not feet.

FiLtH · « **Reply #16 on:** January 07, 2008, 08:13:05 AM »

Must be me, but il2 always seems to need to arm a little higher. Also it seems 500lb can be dropped lower than 1000lb. Like I said, must be me.

Lusche · « **Reply #17 on:** January 07, 2008, 09:09:00 AM »

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Originally posted by kilz
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.k

I bet you release your bomb when you see the GV's icon at 600... But as pointed out earlier in this thread, that's yard, not feet.
You wouldn't be able to pull up if divebombing "straight down" at 600 feet (=200 yard.)

Lusche · « **Reply #18 on:** January 07, 2008, 09:12:42 AM »

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Originally posted by FiLtH
Must be me, but il2 always seems to need to arm a little higher. Also it seems 500lb can be dropped lower than 1000lb. Like I said, must be me.

The Il-2 usually is flying much slower than any fighter, so the horizontal travel component is smaller.

Stang · « **Reply #19 on:** January 07, 2008, 01:25:46 PM »

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Originally posted by kilz
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

At least a year in game, over 1,000 posts on the BBs and he still hasn't realized distances of icons in AH are in yards. lol.

Skull-1 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 07, 2008, 03:58:40 PM »

So why no delayed fuse?

It was used in real life wasn't it?

Yeager · « **Reply #21 on:** January 07, 2008, 04:03:54 PM »

Imagine dropping a bunch of 1000k eggs with 1 minute delayed fuses on the tarmac area out front of the Vhanger. Then stirring the hornets nest by damaging the hanger and bringing out a dozen ostis lol

Spazzter · « **Reply #22 on:** January 07, 2008, 04:09:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Stang
At least a year in game, over 1,000 posts on the BBs and he still hasn't realized distances of icons in AH are in yards. lol.

Stang,

Read your sig line, it just about sums it all up for you. There is no reason to be rude he realized his error and acknowledged it already. There is nothing constructive froom your post.

Spazz

hubsonfire · « **Reply #23 on:** January 07, 2008, 05:05:24 PM »

There's nothing constructive in your post either.

Skull-1 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 07, 2008, 05:07:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Yeager
Imagine dropping a bunch of 1000k eggs with 1 minute delayed fuses on the tarmac area out front of the Vhanger. Then stirring the hornets nest by damaging the hanger and bringing out a dozen ostis lol

Oh that would be so badprettythang!!!!!!

LOL!

Karnak · « **Reply #25 on:** January 07, 2008, 05:49:31 PM »

Only delayed fuses I am aware of from WWII were slight delays on AP bombs so they'd blow inside the ship rather than on the armored deck and Mossies doing very, very low level attacks using bombs with a 12 second delay so they wouldn't blow themselves up.

Skull-1 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 07, 2008, 06:11:36 PM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
Only delayed fuses I am aware of from WWII were slight delays on AP bombs so they'd blow inside the ship rather than on the armored deck and Mossies doing very, very low level attacks using bombs with a 12 second delay so they wouldn't blow themselves up.

Then give it to the Mossies. Or parafrags!!!!!!!! WOOT!

Murdr · « **Reply #27 on:** January 08, 2008, 01:17:52 AM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
Only delayed fuses I am aware of from WWII were slight delays on AP bombs so they'd blow inside the ship rather than on the armored deck and Mossies doing very, very low level attacks using bombs with a 12 second delay so they wouldn't blow themselves up.

Long delay mechanical and chemical (acid) fuses were used on London and other Brit cities to create more casualties by detonating hours or even days after being dropped.

Ghosth · « **Reply #28 on:** January 08, 2008, 07:59:44 AM »

How far it takes to arm partially depends on how fast your going.

If your in a val, and dead slow, better figure the 1k, in a Diving hawg, 600 will likely work just fine.