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#4353757 - 04/26/17 09:02 PM Dr Strangelove's confusion  
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Hello,

First I want to say how much I love this game. It's a wonderfull masterpiece. Dedicated to all lovers of flight simulation and history.
So thank you for this game. Thank you for the Ultimate edition.
And all the enjoyment I had so far.

I have only one question : how do you bomb?
Is there any bombing tutorial out there?
I am flying a Cauldron G4 right now, and I receive bombing missions from time to time.
How do I get the bombs on target? I'm completely lost here.

I noticed there is a bomber seat, where you can look down through a glass. But I see no marks. No reference.

On autopilot, I've noticed the bombing altitude is 6000 feet. And I can lock the targets on the ground. But I'm not sure what to do exactly.

I dropped some bombs manually, on a guess, but it's a miss everytime. When I let the autopilot do the job, it drops bombs but it misses as well.
Please, help smile

#4353777 - 04/26/17 10:13 PM Re: Dr Strangelove's confusion [Re: Hobomaniac]  
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HM, you march yourself right over to Sandbaggers page with all the mods http://www.thatoneplease.co/indexWOFF.html and download the ultimate bombing accessory: the Mk-1W bomb sight by RAF_Louvert and JJJ65. Once installed you should have no more issues with dropping your eggs right on target. explode


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#4353840 - 04/27/17 04:33 AM Re: Dr Strangelove's confusion [Re: Hobomaniac]  
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I installed the mod and it doesn't seem to work. Nothing appears in my bombardier view.
Apparently, it doesn't modify the Caudron G4

#4353842 - 04/27/17 05:05 AM Re: Dr Strangelove's confusion [Re: Hobomaniac]  
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Yes, Caudron was intentionally left with original bombardier view, because the glass bottom window looks moe real and bombing w/o bomsight is more challenging. I bomb with Caudron by poor guess - trying to place target at the centreline of glass bottom window and trying to find proper timing for bomb drop. It is just matter of trial and error. I am sure you know the bombardier view may be zoomed in and out too.
Other two seaters have its Mark -1W bombsights included in mod.

#4353996 - 04/27/17 07:06 PM Re: Dr Strangelove's confusion [Re: Hobomaniac]  
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Ok, that's exactly what I was thinking.
The glass window is fairly wide and has a clear view of the field below. So it should be possible to hit the targets.

I'll do some training mission to find the correct visual reference.
I'll try to maintain a steady speed (let's say 65mph, not too slow because of the DCA and not too fast to keep the precision) at 6000 feet and run some tests.

I didn't know you could zoom in this view. Hehe. good to know. Thank you.

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