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Old 08-22-2018, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Marabekm View Post
Is anyone else having problems with the U2-LNB? Specifically when dropping bombs, despite being above the minimun altitude, they still have a 95% chance of not exploding>
I also have this problem with bombs but it is not exclusive to the U-2. Since the new fuze system has been put in place I have a lot of duds when dropping bombs from a low altitude. I have done some tests and the culprit seems to be the bombs' arming time which is way too long after dropping them.

For example, flying an IL-2 between 20 m and 30 m, and 4 Fab-50 with low fuze at 160 km/h may result in a dud. Flying at the same altitude and 270 km/h will result in an explosion. I have also noticed that bombs start whistling one they are armed but it doesn't work every time.
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