[Megahurt]

Well, i went on ATAG and enjoyed a very engrossing tutorial from ATAG Keller. He piloted the plane while directing me as to the function of the bombadier station.

Its possible to operate but very difficult to master. Im sure that will make it very satisfying when a target is hit successfully.

Here's what i learned.

We used the He111 H2

Before Takeoff

Firstly, as pilot its nessary to set your Giro compass in tune with your magnetic compass before take off and ofcoarse recalibrate it periodically during flight.

Then switch to the bombadier and set the salvo to drop the desired number of bombs (dial and lights)and then set the distance you want the bombs to spread(black knob at bottom you cant see without track ir..do it by looking left then down then right without it) to zero to make the cluster pound the target with as many bombs as possible.

Next-- Decide your bombing altitude and *speed you want to be at when dropping the bombs and input them into the bombadier sight. Its important to be at that height and speed in order to set the automated bomb drop and have it hit the target.
Heres the tricky part. The game shows you indicated airspeed but requires true airspeed to be input into the bombsight. Better have your own conversion chart handy to adjust the speed input to consider your altitude (1.25 x IAS @15000 FT) because thinner air at high altitude offsets your indicated airspeed. God help you if you have a headwind or tailwind because there no way to determine what that is as i can figure. (radios dont work so no ground station to tell weather)

After takeoff

Find a key point that will give you a good line to the target and set your autopilot course heading after you are allready on that course. If you do it before your there your coarse will be incorrect when you finally get on it. The course mode 22 (leveller) would be perfect if it worked but it doesn't.
Get on your target coarse as best you can. Get the target in your sights with course autopilot on and reinput your calculated true airspeed and altitude if it needs adjustment. When you feel its right, set the automated bombsight in action and watch from the bottom gunner.

Simple.

Take into account that almost every instrument in the plane is bugged and requires much compensation by trial and error and buildings are no longer rendered above two thousand meters and flack will kill you below five thousand.

In short, its probably easier when your very profficient at flying the bomber and using the bombsight to do it all yourself, but as in reality, its a two man operation.

It can be done.


Add me on steam... We try it together.

Megahurt