Low level bombing with the Bf-110= suicide?

[jamesdietz]

Seriously ,in the various 110 campaigns one has to do a lot of low level bombing esp. against shipping and to my regret going in & getting a hit can & usually does resuly in some serious & sometimes fatal damage to my machine.Unlike Il-2 where you can set a 1-5 second delay on the fuses of your bombs before a mission begins I see no way of doing so here,at least no way that seems to actually function.Have I missed some secret way of doing so before I get into the mission or maybe in flight? Thanks!

[Codex]

Originally Posted by jamesdietz

Seriously ,in the various 110 campaigns one has to do a lot of low level bombing esp. against shipping and to my regret going in & getting a hit can & usually does resuly in some serious & sometimes fatal damage to my machine.Unlike Il-2 where you can set a 1-5 second delay on the fuses of your bombs before a mission begins I see no way of doing so here,at least no way that seems to actually function.Have I missed some secret way of doing so before I get into the mission or maybe in flight? Thanks!

Dive bombing - I could be wrong but I personally haven't come accross any accounts where Me-110 or Ju-87 did "low level" staright bombing runs, if thats what you mean by "low level".

They always come in on an angle from a safe height, and then pulled up. Obviously the Ju-87s came in almost vertical, but the Me-110's drivers would also dive with in limits.

[chantaje]

you can set a delay of 10+ sec to the fuses.

[planespotter]

According to John Vasco's book Bombsights over England, Erprobungsgrp 210 used 'shallow dives' of approx 20 degrees and released while still above 500 feet. Nothing about delayed fuses.

[jamesdietz]

Looks like a lot of misses during the learning curve...

[jamesdietz]

Originally Posted by chantaje

you can set a delay of 10+ sec to the fuses.

That's in "Custom"? I'm trying to remember if this option is possible in desastersoft missions...

[chantaje]

i believe that the custom menu only works online. i dont really know though. you will have to practice "dive" bombing with the 110 on the offline campaigns

[jamesdietz]

I did find you can change the type of bomb the 110 is carrying & use one with a veryyyyyy long 14 second delay...not the best option but usable.