agreed.
how about looking at it from another angle. eg. if lancs IRL could dive bomb, then let them in AH. if lancs IRL couldn't dive bomb, what prevented them from doing so? whatever it was clearly isnt implemented in the FM, so implement it. someone suggested that the wings would rip off on pull out (sounds reasonable,) so model the lanc so they do. seems to me that the FM is far too relaxed for buffs. RL usage depended on the capability of the aircraft, if the usage in AH isnt realistic, the modelling is the place to look, not artificial restrictions.
Lancs and other heavy bombers did not "dive bomb" as they do in AH2 and they certainly didnt hover off the ground at 500ft and let loose 14k of bombs to destroy a single or a few gv's. Why? Costs and risks. Those heavy bombers were far too exepnsive and their crews far too well trained to take risks of getting that low near the enemy and risk getting taken out of the sky by AA fire, a quick fightyer interception, or even a lucky shot from an MG34. Oh... and dropping 14 1k bombs from a Lanc, B24, B17 and a whole host of other level bombers at 500-1000 feet for a gv kill would get a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, and bombadier all in a court marshal as well.
If this is a flight sim-game... then whatever it takes should be done to keep aircraft in WWII that were not able to do certain things due to flight charateristics and mechanics and simple wisdom of "do's-n-dont's". Yeah, I know this isnt absolute since on teh other hand we cant do certain things in AH2 that could be done in the real thing... but this is about stoppping abuse, not adding to.
I'm not understanding the resistance to coding an altitude "trigger" for certain bombers, it is quite easy to determine which aircraft that trigger could be applied to. If they didnt dive bomb for factual XYZ reasons and conventional wisdom says those aircraft would never be caught at 500 ft dropping thousands of lbs of ord on a single gv... ... ... ... ... ... then explain again the reasons for not doing so?
