HE-111 Level Bombing, how you do it?

Dowly · 01-02-08, 11:53 AM

What's your method when bombing with the HE111?

I myself have used the 'Use the automatic bombsight by guessing' method for a long time, with decent results (usually scoring a close to direct hit).

That was, until today I tried another method. Still using the automatic sight, but instead of trying to guess the TAS, I keep adjusting it until the very last second of the bombrun, trying to get the sight to stay still. Seems to work well, out of 5 tries from 2000m against a carrier using 2 SC2000 bombs, I scored direct hit to what I aimed for on all tries. And out of 5 tries from 1500m against a destroyer, I scored 4 direct hits and the 5th try was off the target by ~3-4m to right.

View Poll Results: What's your method for LB'ing with the HE111?
Use the bombsight manually by guessing	2	28.57%
Use the bombsight manually using charts for speed	0	0%
Use the automatic bombsight by guessing	0	0%
Use the automatic bombsight using charts for speed	0	0%
Other	5	71.43%
Voters: 7. You may not vote on this poll

01-02-08, 11:53 AM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	HE-111 Level Bombing, how you do it? What's your method when bombing with the HE111? I myself have used the 'Use the automatic bombsight by guessing' method for a long time, with decent results (usually scoring a close to direct hit). That was, until today I tried another method. Still using the automatic sight, but instead of trying to guess the TAS, I keep adjusting it until the very last second of the bombrun, trying to get the sight to stay still. Seems to work well, out of 5 tries from 2000m against a carrier using 2 SC2000 bombs, I scored direct hit to what I aimed for on all tries. And out of 5 tries from 1500m against a destroyer, I scored 4 direct hits and the 5th try was off the target by ~3-4m to right.