Level bombing

[Trout]

I am going to make up a few quick offline bombing missions to teach myself this art.

[Tribunus]

~S~ Trout

My very limited experience is with the German cluster bombs dropped by Stukas.

[gec]

~S~ Trout Sir

1. U can drop the cluster bombs from 5000m but ... as Tribunus all ready said they go off using timer and that timer is bomb delay option in the game. The highest value u can put there is 10 seconds. so when u release the bomb it will burst 10 seconds

[Trout]

Thanks guys, good info.

[Tribunus]

~S~ Trout

You're exactly right.

[Tonar]

[Strider]

Just a couple of tips.

Know your proposed bombing altitude and the cruise speed at 80-85% throttle of the aircraft you're using. Set those up in your bombsight altitude, velocity and view angle contols before take-off so you're not fiddling with them too much when you get to the IP. Minor adjustments will be all that are necessary.

Use your bombsight or nose gunner views well ahead of time to help you get lined up before you engage the level stabilizer. Less fiddling with the rudder trim on the bomb run. If your target is not in the bombsight when you hit the level stabilizer, disengage it and turn onto the line---don't try to use rudder trim to get on line as you will require so many clicks that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to get a straight path of travel over the target---you'll be clicking the opposite rudder trim like crazy to get back straight again and most likely will overcorrect due to the lag in trim effectiveness in the sim. More crazy clicking and a missed drop.

Above 3000m, engage the auto mechanism at an aim point just slightly ahead of the target---the higher you are, the more lead on the intended aim point. It takes very little at 3500m, more at 5000m+ and so on. Practice will tell you how much lead is necessary at different altitudes.

Know which aircraft need combat flaps to maintain altitude even with the level stabilizer engaged (think B-24)---you've got your homework! Also read and re-read the level bombing manuals at M4T and watch the instructional video's on the topic at YouTube.

Practice, practice, practice!

[Trout]

Ok, so I spent a couple hours trying to level bomb in a Ju 88.

[gec]

1. align your self to the target from the pilot or the nose seat. 20km before the target would be the minimum for a beginner to start hes bomb run.

2. hit the stabilizer. plane has a tendency to sink slowly while in level stabilizer mode so give the plane full elevator trim up and if this still does not keep u in the same alt hit the combat flaps also.

[Strider]

~S~ Trout!

We've all been there, m8---hehe.

First of all, I can't recommend Joint-Ops highly enough. Numerous Dogz and Hell Hounds have benefitted from their courses.

Bombing---see here for a suggested key binding for seat jumping and bombing controls: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Knowledge_Base&op=show&kid=240

Another set of tutorials and video's with necessary utilities for bombing, both manual and auto: