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Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: MrLars on July 21, 2002, 05:02:35 AM: So like...I drop a 1000lb bomb on a panzer at 650 yards and score a direct hit, but the bomb doesn't explode. I thought the bombs armed after 1000ft, am I wrong?

Have film.
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Revvin on July 21, 2002, 06:08:01 AM: I think this was introduced to stop people car bombing but it also stops low alt drops. What we really need is a fuse delay dot command or have a selection of bombs with preset fuses in the hangar (the RAF generally used 11 sec fuses) I did make a suggestion for this in the 'gameplay feddback/issues' forum here (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50949)
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Saintaw on July 21, 2002, 07:14:50 AM: I always wondered about that, how many yards do 1000 feet make ?

Sorry, lazy sunday :D
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: SKurj on July 21, 2002, 07:16:37 AM: i usually drop at d900 to d500 and have no porblems with my eggs exploding. Though I've never seen a hit sprite from an egg I've dropped.... (riccochet? +)

SKurj
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: jordi on July 21, 2002, 07:27:51 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Saintaw
I always wondered about that, how many yards do 1000 feet make ?

Sorry, lazy sunday :D

3 feet per yard

1000 feet = 333 yards
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Kevin14 on July 21, 2002, 08:44:39 AM: Quote
Originally posted by jordi

3 feet per yard

1000 feet = 333 yards

Wrong! 333.3 Yards
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Saintaw on July 21, 2002, 09:03:54 AM: thank you :)
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Wotan on July 21, 2002, 10:07:43 AM: it depends on your speed at the time you drop. Not so much on altitude
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: AKDejaVu on July 21, 2002, 10:43:54 AM: If you are above the minimum distance then speed is irrelevant.. even if dropping straight down. If you are below the minimum distance then speed and AoA are going to matter.

AKDejaVu
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: X2Lee on July 21, 2002, 11:19:54 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Kevin14

Wrong! 333.3 Yards

Jordi you should always remember theres a Vulcan in every crowd :D

Scotty:We are 1500 miles over the planet surface Jim!

Spock: Actually Captain, we are 1497.45600 miles above sea level of the planet.

Jim: Umm, errr , thank you Spock...
:cool:
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: BenDover on July 21, 2002, 11:20:22 AM: IMO, it should bombs should be like buff guns

work as soon as you get off the ground
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: MrLars on July 21, 2002, 01:54:39 PM: My conclusion is that it must be some sort of bug. I'll post in the Bug Forum.
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Voss on July 21, 2002, 02:05:37 PM: Actually, it should be 500ft. There's a little propeller type arming device on each bomb, and it has to make so many revolutions before the egg is armed. However, if you drop below 333yds (1k) you may find it hard to avoid the terrain (terrain is still undefeated).
Title: Re: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: -ammo- on July 21, 2002, 02:21:30 PM: Quote
Originally posted by MrLars
So like...I drop a 1000lb bomb on a panzer at 650 yards and score a direct hit, but the bomb doesn't explode. I thought the bombs armed after 1000ft, am I wrong?

Have film.

that would be dependant upon the fuze setting. They were set according to the battle directives set by the HQ's.
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Puck on July 21, 2002, 02:50:20 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Kevin14

Wrong! 333.3 Yards

WRONG! 333.3333333333... yards. No way to draw a bar over the three :)
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Shiva on July 21, 2002, 05:47:16 PM: Quote
No way to draw a bar over the three

_
333.3

Thhhhhbbbbbbb..... ;)
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: akak on July 21, 2002, 07:09:47 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Voss
Actually, it should be 500ft. There's a little propeller type arming device on each bomb, and it has to make so many revolutions before the egg is armed. However, if you drop below 333yds (1k) you may find it hard to avoid the terrain (terrain is still undefeated).

The minimum alt for eggs in AH is 500ft, did a few tests when I first started AH after I accidently pickled an egg while taxiing to the runway.

ack-ack
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: SKurj on July 21, 2002, 07:26:03 PM: akak its not 500ft...

i can drop an egg from below 500ft it will still go off +)

the egg has to TRAVEL 1000ft before it hits the gound... before it will detonate. So if u toss it from below 500ft it may well travel 1000+ft and detonate.

alt has nothing to do with it.. just distance travelled by the egg...

SKurj
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: Mickey1992 on July 22, 2002, 07:48:10 AM: What makes you think that the bomb didn't explode? Because you didn't see a crater? If it was a direct hit, then there would be no crater.
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Post by: Ripsnort on July 22, 2002, 07:53:28 AM: Quote
Originally posted by BenDover
IMO, it should bombs should be like buff guns

work as soon as you get off the ground

Then gamers would simply launch a bomber, drop their load as soon as wheels up, to kill field vulchers or goons dropping on the town. Won't happen.

I prefer it the way it is.
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: MrLars on July 22, 2002, 11:10:14 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Mickey1992
What makes you think that the bomb didn't explode? Because you didn't see a crater? If it was a direct hit, then there would be no crater.

Never seen a tank take a direct hit from a 1k bomb then still need rockets to kill. Plus there was no audible blast from the bomb.

Since I droped from apx. 2000ft, the bomb should have armed, must have been either a bug in the Ndisles arena settings or a lost packet or two but my connect very rarely looses packets, from what I can see anyhow. Did HT include duds in v1.10? :D
Title: Bomb Arming Distance??
Post by: BenDover on July 22, 2002, 12:29:32 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort

Then gamers would simply launch a bomber, drop their load as soon as wheels up, to kill field vulchers or goons dropping on the town. Won't happen.

I prefer it the way it is.

maybe a 3 min delay with a message that says 'your bombs are now live' at the end of it?