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Old 01-27-2011, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by JtD View Post
It's 2 seconds, not 25meters.
It's 2 sec and 25m.

4.10 pdf:
Bomb Fusing
Real life bombs have generally an electrical or mechanical time fuse to avoid premature
explosion in case of mishap (e.g. a bomb detaching from the aircraft while still on the runway,
25 / 35
or a bomb hitting the bomb rack due to turbulence). This has been implemented in IL-2, so
that bombs now have a 2 seconds time fusing. If the bomb hits the target before that time,
the fuse does not activate and the bomb does not explode. This means that in level flight a
bomb must be dropped from a minimum altitude of about 25 meters to explode. If the bomb is
dropped in a dive the altitude must be proportionally greater. This also applies to skip
bombing: the bomb must be dropped from at least 25m
and must not hit the ship before 2
seconds.



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Quote:
could easily go in on one side and out on the other
Got any sources that this ever happened?

Last edited by swiss; 01-27-2011 at 03:07 PM.
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