Delayed Fuse Bombs

[USBP1969]

Years ago before I began flying in AH I flew in WAR BIRDS.  I will not ever be going back, but there is something I really miss.  It is called delay fused bombs. In WB they were available in 5 second increments. (5/10/15/20 seconds)

It added a great deal of fun to the that combat flight sim and mirrors WW-II reality. I recall one famous bombing raid where the delayed fuse bombs were set to detonate as long as 24 hours after being dropped.  Here's hoping...

[Saxman]

I'd mainly be interested if it meant introducing techniques like skip bombing.

[Vraciu]

Years ago before I began flying in AH I flew in WAR BIRDS.  I will not ever be going back, but there is something I really miss.  It is called delay fused bombs. In WB they were available in 5 second increments. (5/10/15/20 seconds)

It added a great deal of fun to the that combat flight sim and mirrors WW-II reality. I recall one famous bombing raid where the delayed fuse bombs were set to detonate as long as 24 hours after being dropped.  Here's hoping...

Loved those for NOE.

+1

[turt21]

What purpose does Delay serve when adjusting your salvo?

[Arlo]

What purpose does Delay serve when adjusting your salvo?

It sets the gap in drop time of each bomb.

[USBP1969]

.salvo # remains the same, but there is a preset delay after the bomb impacts the earth. I believe that it was ".d05, .d10, .d15," etc.  Example: I had been chasing an enemy fighter and when I was approximately D1000 my plane blew up?(!)  I was stunned and one of my fellow countryman explained that the enemy fighter had dropped a bomb with a 10 second delayed fuse.  After that when I saw a puff of dust under an enemy aircraft I broke hard left or right.

It takes a different skill set to drop a bomb at high speed when flying that low level.

[Arlo]

.salvo # remains the same, but there is a preset delay after the bomb impacts the earth. I believe that it was ".d05, .d10, .d15," etc.  Example: I had been chasing an enemy fighter and when I was approximately D1000 my plane blew up?(!)  I was stunned and one of my fellow countryman explained that the enemy fighter had dropped a bomb with a 10 second delayed fuse.  After that when I saw a puff of dust under an enemy aircraft I broke hard left or right.

It takes a different skill set to drop a bomb at high speed when flying that low level.

There is no delayed fuse in AH. Delay determines salvo spread. The bombs explode on impact:



http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/81-tactics/bomber/1039-level-bombing-techniques

[Greebo]

While I like the idea being implemented for events I can see delayed action bombs creating problems for HTC if they were allowed in the MA. A player spawns and drives out of a hangar 10 seconds after a plane has flown over and then blows up for no apparent reason. Cue outraged rage quit posts on the BBS....

[nooby52]

Hmmmmm.....there must be a reason HT has not implemented that feature in AH3. What could that reason be.....I wonder...

[perdue3]

Hmmmmm.....there must be a reason HT has not implemented that feature in AH3. What could that reason be.....I wonder...

Just not a completely necessary thing for Aces High. IL-2 has delay timers and they are very useful for low level bombing, but they are more needed there than here.

[ONTOS]

+1

[Vraciu]

.salvo # remains the same, but there is a preset delay after the bomb impacts the earth. I believe that it was ".d05, .d10, .d15," etc.  Example: I had been chasing an enemy fighter and when I was approximately D1000 my plane blew up?(!)  I was stunned and one of my fellow countryman explained that the enemy fighter had dropped a bomb with a 10 second delayed fuse.  After that when I saw a puff of dust under an enemy aircraft I broke hard left or right.

It takes a different skill set to drop a bomb at high speed when flying that low level.

This was my favorite thing to do to vulchers.   

[Vraciu]

While I like the idea being implemented for events I can see delayed action bombs creating problems for HTC if they were allowed in the MA. A player spawns and drives out of a hangar 10 seconds after a plane has flown over and then blows up for no apparent reason. Cue outraged rage quit posts on the BBS....

Vraciu Rule No. 1 - Don't roll from a CAP'ed field.

[Ack-Ack]

A limit could be imposed on how long the max fuse delay can be set at.  I would like to see ot as a feature so it would allow skip and masthead bombing.

[USBP1969]

Sorry - I forgot to address "skip bombing." That was also enabled about the same time as the "Delayed Fuse" bombs, and as I recall, it required a special bomb load out.