[KC Jones]

When one understands level bombing and what is required to get an accurate angle, you will see that such a mod simply isn't possible.

There are few factors that come into play when setting up the bombsight: IAS/TAS, own altitude & most important - target altitude, or as we bomber pilots like to call it 'target elevation'.


TAS/IAS + plane altitude can easily be added into the speed bar, but target elevation can not be added unless you mod the option to manually input the elevation data. But in doing so this game would then be transformed into something completely different and everyone would be able to level bomb. Things like bombing runs would not be necessary anymore and I would personally stop playing the game if such a thing happens.

I cannot find any reference to using a bombsight table to determine bombsight angle in any history books.

Do you know of any ?

There is a very simple reason for this. Because they used Norden bombsight the way it is supposed to be used. The stuff KC Jones posted shows you their version of the Bombing Table.

Thor,

I know you are the author of the level bombing manual; I have read it. It emphasizes "manual drops", ergo the need for determining bombsight angle.

That's just not historical for the Norden.

But if you prefer to fly that way, then who am I to tell you different.

Also, please do not bend my words to agree with your new-age terminology of "bombsight table". I prefer historical WWII "stuff" :mrgreen:

Thanks

I too have been and am an avid bombardier since the days of Combat Flight Simulator w/TG2

ps - There is already a speedbar mod that adds TAS to the speedbar readouts. It comes with the BombBayDoors mod. Now if IL-2 could support a radio altimeter then that look-down receiver could find target elevation.