Is anyone level bombing in the HE-111?

[nadasero]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

I've been browsing the linked thread on ATAG as well.

General observations and notes:

1) I tried the 111P some time ago, when Bliss wanted volunteers to test the mission on ATAG #2 before he moved it to ATAG #1. It seemed like all of its compasses are bugged/reversed: the magnetic on the right cockpit wall was acting all weird but the tooltips were giving a proper reading, the repeater was not aligned with the magnetic and everything was backwards.

Now it was late and i was a bit sleepy, but i think i wasn't imagining things. Can anyone confirm this? Maybe it's just me and i have a corrupt file or something, in which case i will do a file validation through Steam.

2) Last time i tried it, the bombsight tracks correctly for the correct TAS and altitude, but it's true that it drops a bit short. I don't know the effect of the workarounds you guys use because i haven't tried them.

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Hi,

1)
the compasses on the 111P are bugged like you said. The magnetic on the right isn't working at all, the repeater is turning into the wrong direction. The tooltips are correct.

2)
again, the like you said. Everything seems to work, but the drops are short.

I have produced kind of an tutorial-video (in german) how the autopilot and the bombsight this is working.

http://www.youtube.com/user/nadasero.../3/YjKzsuDPuoM

The video is in 1080 so the sight can be seen in HD. I think the marker for the drop-distance is not working correctly. It is not possible to see when the bombs are droped. According to my tests it is when the two triangles are at about 270 degrees (depending on altutude and speed).

The AP is allways a few degrees to the left. If you engage AP centered, it starts to turn left and oszilates for quite a while.

For the drop, I'm using the second stage of the AP. This stage is controling all three axis and keeps the artificial horizon centered. You get a very stable flight, but the plane drops until an IAS of approx. 300km/h is reached. At this speed, the plane keeps altitude and direction very stable and makes targeting easy. It is possible to control elevation with the engines.

In the video, you can also see the folowing problems:
In the bombsight-position, it is hard to read the dials for drop delay. They can only be seen in wide angle. Only 7 lights on the dial for the number of bombs to drop are switched on. There is no indicator and no switch for arming the bombs, so you need a key and listen to the klick-sound to make sure they are armed (this much better solved in the 110).

The 111 is still the best for level bombing because the AP in the Ju88 is not working at all.