Could We Have an Indicator for Bombs Selected?

[SmokinLoon]

Yeap.  I requested the same thing a few months ago.  For me, I was learning the game and couldnt tell which set of ords I had selected in a Mossi.  After enough times, I simply learned that the first selection was the bombay ords and the second wing ords. 

Now.. I dont fly enough of the other planes with the internal/external issues, however I am told that it isnt the same as the Mossi (int first, ext second).  Anyone?

Having a small lower case '"i/e" right next to the secondary ammo disply would go along way.  or... I understand there should be a benefit to knowing the plane outright as well and that means no indicator.   

[Karnak]

The A-20G, Mosquito Mk VI and Il-2 all share this issue, and worse, they are not consistant among eachother as to which are the internal and which are the external bombs.

[Warspawn]

As far as realism, wouldn't the bombadier or person pickling the ordinance off know which was selected?  Wouldn't there be a warning about the bomb bay doors not open for the bombs selected or something?

[RTHolmes]

yeah irl you'd know exactly what you were pickling off. thats a big yes from me btw


PS a bomb indicator in the F6 view for level bombers would be good too - boring having to go to the cockpit to find out if you've got a 500lb or 4000lb loaded 

[RTHolmes]

I've been told that the internal ordinance caused more stress on the airframe than that which is carried externally on the wings.

certainly increases the overall wing loading, so stress on the wing root. I'm guessing the extra stress from external loads is at the pylon, so maybe more likely to lose a wingtip?

either way I'll take the reduced drag and better roll-rate by dropping externals every time in an A20 or mossie

[Spikes]

In a Mossie too.
What I do to over come this problem is not switch anything before takeoff or in flight, until I'm about to drop it, because the default is the internal bombs.

[Serenity]

As far as realism, wouldn't the bombadier or person pickling the ordinance off know which was selected?  Wouldn't there be a warning about the bomb bay doors not open for the bombs selected or something?

There is one

In the F6 bombsight of bombers, and a light on the dash as well.

[Becinhu]

The problem with the a20 is if you dive-bomb a Gv and drop from the bay and pullup from your dive the added 2k load on the wings tends to snap them off.

[Warspawn]

The problem with the a20 is if you dive-bomb a Gv and drop from the bay and pullup from your dive the added 2k load on the wings tends to snap them off.

Actually, the wing load from ordinance mounted there would have less effect than extra weight from ordinance in the fuselage.  The wings produce lift where the ordinance is mounted, tending to lift it with the wing structure.

Much like aircraft today in general aviation, weight in the wings is generally a good thing, with turbulence having less effect and aircraft able to maintain a higher speed in bumpy conditions if they have a greater portion of their gross weight in the wings, rather than the fuselage.