Hi-Alt Bombing

[Hap]

anyone who wants to learn the nack, say aye.  will lay it out.

[Flossy]

Raises hand.  

[Hap]

np dearie!! i used to be awful.  now pretty good. will lay it out.

[Hap]

before take off find target.  find + on map that's closest to target.

find good intercet 1 that will place you 27.5 to 30 above.  accuracy is same 15k to 30k.  plan on bomb run n to s or s to n.

[Hap]

while climbing out, keep an eye on drones above 16k'ish where
wind hits.  throttling back a bit will allow them to catch up.

drone characteristics aren't the same on all maps.

climb to 17 to 30 k allowing bout 1.5 to 2.0 sctors to turn into final run.

[Hap]

it is possible to bomb from alt at full power, bout 285 in b17.  easier to throttle back to bout 160 and make manifold bout 38'ish.

[Hap]

calibrate bout 15 miles out or so.  keep speed steady bout 150 to 160 or so.  i calibrate straight down at that speed.  very easy.  hit u, then x, then bracket in all the way and hold down y for a 20 count.  then click on target icon on map.  hit u.  and you done.

i'll recalibrate if my airspeed creeps up or down from prevous calib.

[Hap]

over target, i'll aim for left or right 1/3 of factory or city.  in a 17, go salvo 8 and delay 1.00 with 500 lbers.  let go just after bombsight crosses margin of the bldgs.

i enjoy going f5 and f8 to watch straight down to see how the run worked.


throttle up.  turn a hair right or left to prepare for 2nd pass.  extend bout 15 miles.  then repeat.

gl

works like a charm btw.

[Flossy]

Thanks, Hap..... that's more or less how I do it most of the time; I just need to try and get consistent!  The other day, flying in your mission, I did great going N/S but going S/N completely missed.  Of course, it could have been that I rushed the calibration after being attacked south of the target, I don't know......  thanks, anyway.... I'll keep practicing.  

[Hap]

when i miss, its cause i rushed my calib.  on e to w etc i notice i have to hold + still against crosswind.  but drop still good.  just more difficult.

[Flossy]

Originally posted by Hap
when i miss, its cause i rushed my calib.  on e to w etc i notice i have to hold + still against crosswind.  but drop still good.  just more difficult.

Yeah, I'd like to think that rushing the calibration was the reason I missed.... I hope so.  I've also noticed having to hold the cross against the crosswind on E/W and similar headings.  

It's those pesky enemy fighters that screw things up all the time!  

[Flossy]

Had a good run in the MA last night.  I decided to try a high-alt B17 run and climbed to 25K, going deep into Knit territory to bomb their Refinery.  Calibrated carefully, also allowing for crosswind as I was going in roughly E/W - and dropped perfectly on the target with my first 6 bombs.  


Turned and recalibrated - this time I was a little bit long, but still managed to catch the far edge of the target and got some hits.  First really successful - and high-alt! - bombing run I have had in ages, definitely since the introduction of the current bombsight.  All I had to do after that was kill a pesky P47 that came up to meet me and then run for home.  I think the P47 reupped again and tried to catch up but never made it and eventually gave up.  I finally RTBd and landed safely.  Thanks, Hap.... hopefully now I have my bombing confidence back!  

[Hap]

oh i know you will flo.  once one sees that it isn't hard.  and at least with factories accuracy is good all the way as high as you'd care to go, its fun and easy.  also get bout 11 perks or so

[Flossy]

LOL!  I obviously didn't do that well then!  Only got 4.81 perks.... still more than I've had for a while......  

[Hap]

i think its the drone landing too.  that's where the 9 to 11 is