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Old 02-07-2012, 06:57 PM
JtD JtD is offline
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Actually not true, density decreases less at altitude on warm maps. At least up to 10000m we have a linear reduction of temperature. I've tested Crimea and OnlineMT once, and while Crimea had higher pressure at sea level, it was pretty much the same at 10000m.

I guess the problems with the inaccuracy of high altitude level bombing stems from the fact that the atmospheres are not standard and thus sea level pressure doesn't give you IAS = TAS. You can get the correct TAS from the yellow gauges in the cockpit off view, if you want to do your bombing accurate down to the last km/h, you should memorise the speeds you attain with certain power settings on certain maps at certain altitudes.
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