B-29A - Loading and Performance for a typical mission

[RTHolmes]

 

[Jayhawk]

he missed the 3 formations total .

geez dude...

1 plane = 40 bombs
3 planes (a formation) = 120 bombs
9 planes (3 formations) = 360 bombs

You didn't know when to stop multiplying.

[columbus]

duh.. wow your right i really miss calculated

[Windycty]

I just wonder if Hitech is going to make the B-29 pressurized in the game like it was in real life. Enough bullet holes could cause loss of cabin pressure and then your pilot starts to black out. 

[Saxman]

IIRC they still used oxygen masks for those sorts of emergencies....

[LLogann]

I'm not sure if we model low pressure blackouts though........  Not all of our unpressurized birds have problems getting up to 30k.  And there are countless stories from cold, light headed pilots from this era.....  As Saxman points the emergency procedure, I would want to assume that our little guys do the same thing.   

I just wonder if Hitech is going to make the B-29 pressurized in the game like it was in real life. Enough bullet holes could cause loss of cabin pressure and then your pilot starts to black out. 

IIRC they still used oxygen masks for those sorts of emergencies....

[MiloMorai]

I just wonder if Hitech is going to make the B-29 pressurized in the game like it was in real life. Enough bullet holes could cause loss of cabin pressure and then your pilot starts to black out. 

The B-29 was to de-pressurize before going into combat. Rapid decompression would cause all kinds of medical problems for the crew.

[StokesAk]

Would the B-29 absorb small caliber rounds? like a B-27 would?

[dirt911]

? 

Electric motors make them shoot better?



wrongway

No I feel a little like you on that i'd much rather aim my guns,im sure I could do it better than a computer could.

[Ack-Ack]

No I feel a little like you on that i'd much rather aim my guns,im sure I could do it better than a computer could.

you may think you can but you can't. 

ack-ack

[dirt911]

Yes im sure I could,why do I say that you might ask?

I hear squeaks over the computer already,"WhAAA WhAAA the com com computer is way to accurate WhAAA WhAAA".

Then after like say 600-800 squeaks htc will lower the computer accuracy to make them be quiet.

[Ack-Ack]

Yes im sure I could,why do I say that you might ask?

I hear squeaks over the computer already,"WhAAA WhAAA the com com computer is way to accurate WhAAA WhAAA".

Then after like say 600-800 squeaks htc will lower the computer accuracy to make them be quiet.

No, you'll never aim or fire a gun more accurately then a computer controlled system.  Like I said, you may think you can but you really can't.

Your example isn't a very good one because you unintentionally prove me correct.  Why would squeakers whine?  Because the computer controlled firing system is too accurate and want it toned down to levels where is isn't so accurate.  If you were as accurate, if not more so, then there would be no cries to have the computer controlled firing system accuracy toned down.

ack-ack

[cactuskooler]

I can feel a Star Wars quote coming.

[donna43]

Why wouldn't it? At those climb rates; it seems totally logical. Or are you saying you do not have the patience to climb to 20k?

He probably does not. 

[donna43]

The B-29 was to de-pressurize before going into combat. Rapid decompression would cause all kinds of medical problems for the crew.

Or this http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/88356/sn/1255110280/name/Krantz+dangling.jpg


SSgt James Krantz, 869th BS 497th Gp. Was blown through gunner blister when it came out.
He fabricated and installed a safety harness the night before the mission and his crewmates were able to pull him back in.