Is anyone level bombing in the HE-111?

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by nadasero

For the planes without AP, I would recommend an Autopilot which holds course, speed and altitude as soon as we switch the bombsight. With the L-R button-commands we can change the course in small steps. A "Left" or "Right" call is played to make this as realistic as we can get with one player.

Exactly. This would simulate the player-controlled bombardier giving course correction instruction to the AI-controlled pilot while we are in the bomb run, then we could switch back to pilot.

Pretty good research here and thanks for the explanation about side slip.

[JG52Uther]

Really must find the time to learn the LW bombers properly, the He111 was just about my favourite aircraft in '46.

[Blackdog_kt]

It's not too hard, just spawn in a free flight mission and follow the guides here.

After a couple of offline trial runs you can also go online on ATAG and ask specific questions on their teamspeak. There is a cadre of more or less bomber-specialized pilots there across various timezones and they are all willing to help: Jimbop and Dutch are usually handling the Blenheim, Keller is instructing people on the 111.

I'm also joining them every now and then, but i usually join late and my mic remains unused (don't want to wake up everyone in the house at 5am, shouting "bombs away!" hahahaha ), but i listen in on TS and will reply on the in-game team chat.

Generally speaking, after some collective effort there's enough knowledge to use bombers and enough people willing to "teach" it to others. It won't be an exaggeration to say that when the next patch comes, at least online play will be significantly transformed. Bomber pilots are already winning maps with bugged bombsights and despite the memory leak bug. This last one prevents people from flying in groups or with escorts and forces bombers to go in alone, in staggered runs with an advancing fighter sweep or low on the deck. And still, maps are consistently won and some people can close a target in a single run.

Imagine what happens when we can fly in groups, with escorts and debugged bombsights

[ATAG_Doc]

There is a growing nucleolus of bomber pilots that's growing larger by the day in ATAG and on both sides. A lot more blue than red for obvious reasons though. This is why we desperately need a flyable Wellington. It just has to be done.

[csThor]

The russian community is making a "People's Flight Manual". Wouldn't it be time to create a similar manual specifically for the more complex aircraft (i.e. He 111 Manual, Ju 88 Manual etc)? Just a question ...