Questions regarding the He-111 bombloads

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Originally Posted by Avimimus

The highest bombload carried by a He-111 was a little over 3200kg - and that required rocket assistance for takeoff. The programmer simply doubled the bomb load for all larger bombs because they assumed that bombloads are always mounted symmetrically.

There are indeed photos of 2xSC1000 loadouts - but SC1000 were usually carried one at a time and this was always the case with the larger bombs.

Some tech info on the He111 H6

From

Jane`s Fighting Aircraft of World war II
isbn 1 85170 199 0
Bracken Books
London
Originally published by Jane`s Publishing Company 1946/47

Specification.- He111H-6.
Year.- 1939.
Crew.- Five (pilot, Observer, Radio operator/gunner, Engineer/Gunner , Gunner).
Power Plant.- Two Junker Jumo 211D-2 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled engines each developing 1200 hp.
take-off and emergency 1,200 hp. at 2.400 r.p.m. at 1.35 ata at sea-level,
1,210 h.p. at 2.400 r.p.m. at 1.35 ata at 820 ft.
climbing 930 h.p. at 2.300 r.p.m. at 1.15 ata. at sea-level,
930 h.p. at 2,300 r.p.m. at 1.15 ata. at 16,500 ft. maximum cruising 790 h.p. at 2,100 r.p.m.
at 1.1 ata, at sea-level, 800 h.p. at 2,100 r.p.m. at 1.1 ata, at 14,700 ft.
Dimensions.- Span 74 ft , 3 in. (22,6 meter), Length 54 ft. 6 in. (16,6 m), Height 13 ft. 9 in.
(4,2 m), Wing aria 942 sq. ft. (87,6 sq. m.).
Weights.- Weight empty 17,000 lbs. (7,720 kg.) , Normal loaded weight 26,500 lbs. (12,030 kg.),
Maximum permissible overloaded weight 31,000 lbs. (14,075 kg.).
Performance.- Maximum speed 250 m.p.h. (400 km.h.) at 17,000 ft. ( 5,185 m.),
max speed 258mph (416 km.h.) at 19,680ft.
Climb to 17,000 ft (5.185 m.) 20 mins., Service ceiling 27,500 ft. (8,390 m.),
Range with maximum fuel 1,750 miles (2,800 km.).




I'm not commenting on performance or the loadouts

I just wondered why they were changed.

Also interesting Vid for bomb release systems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUn9N...eature=related