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Title: Dive Bombing
Post by: Spikes on October 14, 2007, 04:46:57 PM

A little thing I put together for dive bombing.
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Title: Dive Bombing
Post by: 71313 on October 14, 2007, 05:14:15 PM

when flying a differt plane ,would that make your appoach differt

Title: Dive Bombing
Post by: Spikes on October 14, 2007, 06:23:29 PM

Not much of a difference, no. What plane did you have in mind?

Title: Dive Bombing
Post by: Rolex on October 14, 2007, 06:37:33 PM

Fixing the right sight picture in your mind for bombs and rockets can be done in the Training Arena. A lead-computing marker (green +) automatically appears when you load ordnance in the hanger.

Title: Dive Bombing
Post by: Lusche on October 14, 2007, 07:10:09 PM

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Originally posted by 71313
when flying a differt plane ,would that make your appoach differt

Basically, differences in aim point are only depending on speed and dive angle.
Plane differences are thus only important as you may dive at different angles / speeds with different planes due to maneuverability issues or G restrictions.

Note: the steeper your dive angles is, the less important your airspeed is at time of drop

Title: Dive Bombing
Post by: DoNKeY on October 14, 2007, 08:28:08 PM

Is there a certain height you have to drop from to make sure your bombs detonate?

Title: Dive Bombing
Post by: Lusche on October 14, 2007, 08:46:15 PM

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Originally posted by DoNKeY
Is there a certain height you have to drop from to make sure your bombs detonate?

Bombs have to travel a certain distance to arm themselves.. it might be 800yds, but I'm not sure - someone else please confirm.

However, this is the total flight distance. Minimum altitude thus depends on the bomb's trajectory, i.e. the more shallow your dive angle is, the lower the minimum alt is. But be careful not to get caught in your own blast.

Title: Dive Bombing
Post by: Rolex on October 14, 2007, 08:48:30 PM

Bombs arm after 1000' of travel. Remember that it includes the horizontal vector of travel also. The altitude of your drop to have a bomb arm depends on speed and angle. The more shallow the angle and faster you are, the lower you can drop.

Bombs have an arming delay to prevent any bomb collisions right after drop from causing a detonation, which could seriously ruin a pilots day.