Anyone seen a blenhiem bombing guide

[Redroach]

so you answer him about the bombsight, but not me, huh? pfffft!

I've gotten good results (within the blen's possibilities) when following the other guy's advice in the thread I mentioned when coming in at 6000ft and lowering the speed adjustment to 100-110mph when actually going 180-190mph. As I said, it's all in the other thread.

[Vengeanze]

I'd love to bomb stuff but the Blenheim is a too easy target to take online in campaigns. Can't make myself learn how to bomb with it cause my guess is I'd never make it close to the dropzone.
Wish we had a heavy bomber with some more gunpods.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Redroach

so you answer him about the bombsight, but not me, huh? pfffft!

I've gotten good results (within the blen's possibilities) when following the other guy's advice in the thread I mentioned when coming in at 6000ft and lowering the speed adjustment to 100-110mph when actually going 180-190mph. As I said, it's all in the other thread.

Hahaha, sorry mate, it's just that there are so many threads and so little time to answer them all. I sometimes make a mental note to try out something to be able to answer another user, then i forget about it if i start reading something else

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

I'd love to bomb stuff but the Blenheim is a too easy target to take online in campaigns. Can't make myself learn how to bomb with it cause my guess is I'd never make it close to the dropzone.
Wish we had a heavy bomber with some more gunpods.

I think the trick is to come in low and fast, having an escort is always welcome too as for all bombers.

It might be under-protected but it can move at a reasonable clip, also thanks to the way the graphics are (camo paint actually works) it might be hard for patrolling enemy fighters to pick you up against the ground until it's too late.

Cruising speeds as low as 130mph were used for maximum range and fuel economy, but i think such mission profiles would be used in long range missions (like the raid on the Cologne power stations). For the short ranges we have on the current map, loading up just 50% fuel (to lessen the weight and help with the take-off) and cruising at 180mph (+0 to +1.5 boost at full coarse prop pitch) is good enough for coastal targets.

[Phazon]

I might be wrong but the Blenheim bombsight might be bugged in that its not "aligned" properly, which might explain why its so hard to get bombs on-target even when the bombsight is dialled in. One of the devs mentioned it on the sukhoi.ru forum.

[JG53Frankyboy]

as long it is not mentioned in a Patch readme "overworked Blenheim CEM and bombhandling" i fly it as a low level bomber - mostly flying one or two antiship skipbombing attacks on ATAG server before i leave.

Btw, i have removed the tracer rounds from my reargunner.... some kind of surprise for attacking interceptors

[Redroach]

yes, the blen's bombsight IS bugged, even visually.
Still, when having no fighter escort, I found it best to not fly directly towards the target, but in a wide (very wide, all over northern france) arc towards it, in order to avoid being spotted and engaged.
A little self-defense is fine, at least as a deterrent, but more 'gunpods' rarely help on bombers.

[HR_Naglfar]

The bombsight is bugged, but is more or less usable.

Put your altitude above ground x 3 instead of the real altitude. For example if you are 5000ft above the target, put 15000ft in the bombsight.

The bombs fall sometimes in a weird manner though, so it's not very accurate.

[Blackdog_kt]

Interesting, so you say it's just a scale error? If that's the case then we can apply a single correction (like you described) and finally have a usable bombisight.

Nice, i'll try this out today