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Title: Dive bombing
Post by: SCDR on February 07, 2005, 10:59:38 AM

I thought in order for a bomb to arm and go off it has to travel
800 ft. Correct? Can someone explain how a buff, that shows as
D400, can drop bombs and have them explode. Did the travel
distance change and some of us miss that bit of info?
I don't know about the rest of you, but I think it's getting real
STUPID with the buffs divebombing.:mad:

SCDR

Title: Dive bombing
Post by: Drano on February 07, 2005, 11:15:00 AM

That's 400 YARDS so it'd be 1200 FEET.

 Drano

Title: Dive bombing
Post by: SCDR on February 07, 2005, 11:27:58 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Drano
That's 400 YARDS so it'd be 1200 FEET.

Wait a min! I thought the D we see was in feet! DOH!!!!

SCDR

Title: Dive bombing
Post by: MnkyMeat on February 10, 2005, 10:59:41 AM

Is it in yards or in seconds.. . How many seconds?

I dive bombed a CV from 15k  was doing just under 500mph
when i droped the bombes and was at about 2000-3000ft.
I put them right on target and they did not go off.  I was peeved.

This makes me believe that the bombs are armed after a certain amount of time instead of feet traveled,,,

I assumed that my bombs hit the target before they had been armed because of the speed at wich they were traveling.

Any words on this?


MonkeyMeat

Title: Dive bombing
Post by: MOSQ on February 10, 2005, 11:07:58 AM

It's feet traveled, not time. It simulates the little propellor spinner on the front of a bomb that arms the bomb.

From Pyro: "Added fuzes to all bombs. A bomb will not arm unless it’s traveled 1000 feet. This translates to about a 100 foot drop at 250 miles per hour. The faster you travel, the less altitude is required and vice versa."
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14771 (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14771)

My guess is you missed the cv.