Flying and Skip Bombing the Blenheim on Cockpit Instruments

[Redroach]

Regarding the OP's videos:
1) Is one 250lb bomb sufficient to actually sink such a tanker?
2) Without having CoD open to check: Is single-bomb-drop-mode the default? or is it some special key, as opposed to salvo drop?
I've always been under the impression that I suffer the "bombs non-existent" bug/error, because I couldn't make out any bomb impact/damage after dropping (yes, bomb doors were open), but it may be that I only threw a single bomb and I missed that somehow...

[ATAG_Dutch]

Hiya Redroach.

Yes one 250lb bomb is enough. I try to aim for the part of the hull where the funnel is. Seems reasonable to aim for the engine room!

As to bomb drop, it's been a long time since I set up my controls, so I can't say if it's default or not, but I have a button set to drop individually.

One thing I have noticed though is that the loadout can sometimes default to 2 x 500lb if you don't check before take-off, which sometimes leads to confusion.

Meantime, with the new patch, the flying aspects of these vids are out of date, but I'm not going to change them until I know that the FM is finalised.

Cheers!

[Redroach]

hey, thanks for your quick answers!
Found out about that second part: you can switch between bomb patterns in the Blen - single or salvo. There is a switch in the Bombardier's position which I use but I think there's a key assignment possible for that, too.

But now the sad part: After being shot down rather quickly this morning while going to our target on ATAG (L5.3 afair) the direct rout, I set up an elaborate great-circle route for the purpose of coming from another direction.
Arriving at Dieppe ( ), turning east there and turning north after an arbitrary distance inlands (at some waterway ^^ ) , I actually made it to the target! Yay! With some corrections when double-checking with landmarks, but still... Yay! Only to find out that my bombs still won't explode, as others have reported here . Damn, I got CoD since release, got angry about a lot of things but I have yet to get a bomb on the ground that is actually dangerous...
Now, I tried everything that's been suggested in that other thread. I set up my own armament profiles on every level (4x250s), and tried the No.27 and No.28 MkII pistols/fuzes so far (level bombing, that I'll try). I try to arm bombs (though it doesn't seem to be necessary with what I've tested), open bomb bays of course, but... still nothing.
I dropped them directly after spawning, while still on the ground, generating a lot of dust - so the bombs DO actually exist. Furthermore, I've just bombed my own airfield on ATAG and I could make out four little craters afterwards, as if the bombs just buried themselves in the ground. Still, no explosion, no smoke.
What am I doing wrong? This starts to get not awesome... especially after 1,5h flight time, as described above.

P.S.:What I didn't test is 11s fuze delay resp. the longest delay available. Maybe it's that? Anyways, I'd strongly prefer instant fuzes!

[ATAG_Dutch]

That sounds very strange.

I always use the 'ever ready' fuses, with 11sec delay for skip bombing and 1sec delay for land targets. If you've got the graphic effects settings turned down this might not show an explosion in the new patch, but I haven't tried this on low settings.

Basically, if you've got bombs in there and you drop them, you should blow things up quite easily.

I always press a 'arm bombs' command as a matter of course, although this shouldn't be necessary with the Brit bombs, again unless it's changed with the patch.

I haven't done much flying of the Blen since the patch. Well, I haven't done much flying............

[ATAG_knuckles]

Roach: dont get discouaged, we have all had the :do I really have bombs" issue. I have been back flying the Blenheim the last few day as I have myself have found some new "Patch" Issues. Look for me in Coms and give me a holler. The best way to track down that " my bombs dont explode is to fly together.

I'll be looking for you as well

We will get this worked out, and we are ALWAYS looking for more Blenheim pilots. Trust me is really a hoot when you can get say four or more to go on bomb runs

[Redroach]

hey, thanks for that offer! I'll try and be online tonight, say from 21:00 CET or so. It would be great if we can figure out what's wrong (though, while I consider my written english to be 'okay', I hope I'm not struggling too much with my spoken english )!
And yeah, flying in formation has always been my dream in aerial combat sims... sadly, I didn't have the opportunity so far, as I always went online as a loner
I hope we can do that, and we can do that often, for some time to come

[ATAG_knuckles]

Trust me you English will be no problem.

However any one have a good link to time zone converters, havings trouuble with the

CET (Central Europe Time) to PST Pacific standard Time (Arizona)

[ATAG_Dutch]

I think that's 1pm for you Knucks.