Author Topic: Hi-Alt Bombing (Read 3737 times)

Flossy · « **Reply #15 on:** January 06, 2004, 02:30:53 PM »

Ah, well I lost one drone when the P47 attacked, but the other drone landed directly behind me on the runway - one of my best landings to date also LOL. So that 4.81 included the P47 kill as well of course.

Sway · « **Reply #16 on:** January 06, 2004, 03:16:39 PM »

B17 is also has low ENY value, so if you did that same thing in a different bomber, youd probably end up with 10 perks or so.

Hap · « **Reply #17 on:** January 06, 2004, 03:17:57 PM »

i'd love to lanc only but she gets slower the higher she gets. opposite for fortress. so i fly it.

Sway · « **Reply #18 on:** January 06, 2004, 03:34:53 PM »

b26?

After bombin you can shoot some spits up the mans way.

SC-Mutt · « **Reply #19 on:** January 14, 2004, 09:12:39 AM »

Why is it that every time I calibrate, I Hold the crosshair on the target where I want the bombs to go, count to 20 holding the "Y" key, release it, etc etc. Return to bombsight view, only to find my aimpoint is now to the RIGHT of the target by a few hundred yards??
(Regardless of the altitude, heading, or wind)

Of course, I've made absoloutely ZERO changes or adjustments once I've calibrated. Result is the same regardless of AC type, and/or formation. Fast or slow, no diff.

While I do see a couple of things you point out that are sure to be of great help, (And I thank You!!), I didn't see the big "AHA!, so that's it!!" solution to my problem. I'm sure it's something simple, But it has me feeling pretty stupid at the moment.

TIA
S!

Flossy · « **Reply #20 on:** January 14, 2004, 11:49:06 AM »

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Originally posted by SC-Mutt
Why is it that every time I calibrate, I Hold the crosshair on the target where I want the bombs to go,

I think you will get better results holding the crosshair on a (fully zoomed in) point on the ground directly below rather than on the target. Since I have gone back to doing it that way, my results have been more consistent.

pellik · « **Reply #21 on:** January 14, 2004, 12:54:42 PM »

With 500 - 1000 lbs. bombs this method works fine, but do you have much luck with smaller bombs? Whenever I drop 100lbs bombs from above the wind layer I find I usually have to manually compensate for the drift. But I havn't been in a bomber for a while so I could just be imagining this.

-pellik

sonar732 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 14, 2004, 05:31:58 PM »

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Originally posted by fuze
Just a small thing I put together to assist bombing, not necessarily high altiitude.
http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/ah_211_1073161449.jpg
or http://www.onpoi.net/ah and look under fuzeman.

The lettering can barely be seen decent enough to read...Nevermind...

fuzeman · « **Reply #23 on:** January 14, 2004, 07:21:37 PM »

Well.... ok

Flossy · « **Reply #24 on:** January 14, 2004, 08:08:17 PM »

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Originally posted by pellik
With 500 - 1000 lbs. bombs this method works fine, but do you have much luck with smaller bombs?

Dunno, I always take BIG Bombs!

Hap · « **Reply #25 on:** January 16, 2004, 07:13:26 AM »

never tried 100 lb bombs. 250's work fine though.

Hap · « **Reply #26 on:** January 16, 2004, 07:16:45 AM »

mutt, sometime after calibrating i'm a tad off left or right. i just bring her over via the bombsite to where i need to be.

you are calibrating for alt and airspeed. lining up is a matter of insterting the map in and using the +'s on the big maps at least.

from f6 bombsite after calibration, if you need to whang her over 1 way or the other a bit, no prob.

gl

SC-Mutt · « **Reply #27 on:** January 16, 2004, 01:51:18 PM »

Thanks for th replies, !

I think Flo may have nailed what I'm doing wrong tho, 'cuz I DO try and calibrate EARLY, and a while back someone told me to use the target to do it. (Might've been the guy I told to hit "Enter" 3 times to start his engine...heheh)

S!

Flossy · « **Reply #28 on:** January 16, 2004, 01:58:35 PM »

I think it was Kweassa's bombing tutorial thread that first mentioned pushing the joystick forward and holding the crosshair on the target; however, having tried both methods, I've had more consistent success by holding it on a point immediately below - zoomed in as far as possible.

Soulyss · « **Reply #29 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:25:23 PM »

I'm not sure exactly how the calibration routine works in AH. But I think the fact that if you aim for a point on the horizon for calibration the angle that the bombsight has to traverse to keep the corsshairs on your reference point is small. Whereas if you calibrate at a nearby point or one directly beneath your airfraft the angle the bombsight makes as you hold on target is much much greater, ensuring a more accurate calibration.

Course this all a hunch and I don't know if it has any basis in fact.