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Title: Bombsight calibrates to 1 mph?
Post by: Furball on November 07, 2004, 06:26:38 AM

I was trying to calibrate bombsight while flying  ki67 in the CT, and every time i tried it, it calibrated to 1mph and pointed to the left of the aircraft.

My speed was stable, alt was stable and i had set target altitude on map.  I tried calibrating for various amounts of time all with the same result.

Am i doing something wrong? or is it a bug?

Title: Bombsight calibrates to 1 mph?
Post by: ChasR on November 07, 2004, 07:21:25 AM

Calibration changed in 2.01.  Now you don't set target altitude and you don't hold the crosshairs on a point on the ground.  You simply open the bombsight, press u, hold down y for a few seconds release and press u again.  Of course speed and altitude must be held steady and the drop must be at the same speed and alt as the calibration.  It's WAY to easy to be a bomber pilot now.

Title: Bombsight calibrates to 1 mph?
Post by: Furball on November 07, 2004, 07:27:44 AM

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Originally posted by ChasR
Calibration changed in 2.01.  Now you don't set target altitude and you don't hold the crosshairs on a point on the ground.  You simply open the bombsight, press u, hold down y for a few seconds release and press u again.  Of course speed and altitude must be held steady and the drop must be at the same speed and alt as the calibration.  It's WAY to easy to be a bomber pilot now.

yeah i know.  I could do it np in B24's in the MA.  But in the CT i have the above problem where the speed calibrates to 1 MPH instead of the 295 or so MPH i was going at the time.

Firstly, i checked E6B to make sure speed steady, then i pressed U to enter calibration, click map on target (yes i know i do not need to now) hold Y for about 10 seconds, check calibration speed at top (1 mph?!) press U again and the bombsight shows to the left of the a/c.

I have been setting target alt, by clicking on map whether it makes a diff or not i dont know - it didnt in MA.

Title: Bombsight calibrates to 1 mph?
Post by: ChasR on November 07, 2004, 09:31:22 AM

I missed the CT part.  I guess I shouldn't reply untill the first cup of coffee kicks in.  I have no recent experience there and wonder if it even changed?  Failure to hold a point would return a near zero air speed value if it hasn't.