Thanks a lot Blacksix, that's wonderful.
I will probably have a more detailed report for the bombsight bugs in a few hours.
I have been discussing this a lot with some of the bomber pilots who fly on the ATAG server and one of them (Aus3620) has helped me a lot by running all the tests and making videos of the results.
We have found out that the Luftwaffe bombsights in the He-111 and Ju-88 track targets correctly. The player simply has to input his altitude and speed (i'm just waiting for a confirmation on if that speed is IAS or TAS).
What is wrong is the calculations for releasing the bombs. Even if you calibrate the sight correctly, the bombs always impact before the target.
To score hits the player has to convert IAS to TAS from the imperial table in the manual instead of the metric one. For example, if you are flying at 300km/h and 3000meters, you have to go to the imperial chart and input the number for 300mph and 3000feet (but just the number as it is, you don't convert it from mph to km/h).
Also, the altimeters seem to be under-reporting a bit and the way to account for this is to convert meters to yards. I don't know if this is simply a case of calibrating the altimeters, because when we spawn they are set at 1000mbar by default.
However, most people have found that with default weather this gives inaccurate altimeter readings. For example, one of the coastal RAF airfields has an elevation of 72ft but when you spawn there, the altimeter reads about 300ft.
If Ilya Shevchenko wants more information about this, i'll be glad to describe the issue to him in more detail via PM or email.
Thank you and thanks to all the players who helped me with this and took part in the exchange of knowledge and testing. We have learned a lot of technical details along the way and if we can help you fix the bombsights in time for the next patch, it will be great for all sim pilots.
Expect a more detailed report later in the day in a separate thread (i will post here a link to it).
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