Mosquito XVI Calibration?

[lyric1]

Has something changed with this aircraft that you can't get the bomb calibration anywhere close to true air speed? Had to throttle back all the time just to get everything matched up.
Never had this issue before with this platform

[Zacherof]

When I bomb, I always throttle back.......i mus be doing it all wrong

[lyric1]

When I bomb, I always throttle back.......i mus be doing it all wrong

It has been a while since I had flown the XVI in the past you could fire wall it & get it all set up with the calibration. Now it seems to max out on the calibration about 8-10 miles per hour less than true air speed.

[Zacherof]

Either way, that's totally differnt than bombing at 230mph.
Is there any change in accuracy? Say at 9,999ft

[5PointOh]

I'm guessing you we're at high alt? If so doesn't the wind speed constantly vary?

[Lusche]

If so doesn't the wind speed constantly vary?

No. At any given alt, the wind speed is a constant.

[dirtdart]

I calibrate and generally the calibrated speed is a few mph under my current speed. As long as the altitude is good, I then manage the throttle.

Here is what I do:

1. At the dar ring, open doors, this slow you down a few mph.
2. Begin calibrating at three second intervals.
3. When alt is matched, stop calibrating
4. Reduce throttle to match calibrated speed. It does not take much.

I have also found that flying a +7 boost works great for speed, endurance, and bombing accuracy.IIRC I was rolling 350 or so at that setting yesterday once I lost the wing bombs.

[Zacherof]

No. At any given alt, the wind speed is a constant.

well is there a difference I accurac between high speed and load speed bombing

[morfiend]

well is there a difference I accurac between high speed and load speed bombing

 There shouldn't be if you calibrate properly.  However if calibration speed differs from airspeed then you will have an accuracy problem.



   

[Zacherof]

Thank you sir and sorry For the hijack lyric

[Hap]

I had a B17 mission yesterday at 25K; wind kept slowing me down 10 mph after a great calibration.  I wound up hitting well, but man o man was lots of work -- almost too much.

[morfiend]

I had a B17 mission yesterday at 25K; wind kept slowing me down 10 mph after a great calibration.  I wound up hitting well, but man o man was lots of work -- almost too much.

 Hap, since you've been around along time would you say it was more work now than when we used manual calibration in the mains?   IIRC manual calibration corrects for wind drift so I wonder if it isn't time to revisit manual calibration now that we have wind.

   What do you think?


   

[Lusche]

I had a B17 mission yesterday at 25K; wind kept slowing me down 10 mph after a great calibration.

I'd almost say the calibration wasn't that great then    

But seriously, when the wind slowed you down after calibration, you calibrated too early, before your speed had stabilized. That's not much different to the times we did not have any wind. The major difference today is that you have to calibrate again when swinging around and approaching your target from a different angle.

[icepac]

I try to stay in the middle between the altitudes at which wind direction changes.

It's easy to climb to altitude, start calibration, and not notice you had climbed 13 more feet which put you into a different wind direction.

I throttle back for a few seconds and go back to 100% and do a 15 second calibration and then manage throttle to match the calibrated speed.

I was wondering if calibrating while the bombsight is looking down at a 20,000 foot mountain will affect the calibration once the sea level field is bombed so I usually calibrate almost up to the drop point.

[1Cane]

        At 1/2 sector from dar level and wind on my six, power at normal settings,first calibration
        at dar ,doors open recalibrate
        1/2 way to target and monitoring E6B, making small adjustments for speed ,if slow use wep , fast decrease power settings
        Really get a kick using Mossi on bomber runs and normally try to be 100 ft below next wind change at 18900  a 90degree turn to east and 600 feet of alt will give you a 20mph
        tailwind