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quartermiler1
Posted

I have not found a way to cause damage with bombs carried by allied aircraft. The cooper bombs visibly release and fall to target areas, create a small but brief puff of smoke (or dust) but do not cause damage or leave craters on ground surfaces. I have set delay from contact to 5 seconds and do not activate safety switch. 

 

Do these bombs work for other pilots, or are we awaiting future work to fully enable them? 

 

Great aircraft, by the way.

 

 

BMA_Hellbender
Posted

Don't change the default delay.

quartermiler1
Posted

Thanks, Hellbender. I set the delay for the WW I aircraft back to "Default". Perhaps my online buddies and I will get it sorted out.

 

I appreciate the response.

Posted

At low altitude you will need to set the bomb fuse to at least 5 second delay just like the WWII VVS bombs otherwise they won't arm.

Posted

There's an option contact, why not use that or am I missing something?

NO.610jailor
Posted

Hi buddy

Just to confirm the bombs do work.

 

I have been able to hit factories, ammo dumps, guns. Have had success with railway bridges but none hitting concrete bridges. So keep going, it's only practice.

Posted
8 hours ago, Oorpii said:

There's an option contact, why not use that or am I missing something?

 

Contact setting on bombs works if dropped from high enough altitude. the fuses used for contact type of detonation need sufficient time of flight to arm themselves.

The types of fuses used for delayed detonation required less time of flight before arming. This was true for WW2 bombs at least. There's a thread about in the main forum.

JG1_Butzzell
Posted

S!

 

Once in the air you must arm the bombs.

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  • 1CGS
Posted
4 hours ago, JG1_Butzzell said:

Oce in the air you must arm the bombs.

 

No, you don't. They are armed at mission start. 

Posted

This is really confusing, in ROF I just load the bombs, drop from height or dive bomb. Is it different in FC?

Zooropa_Fly
Posted

You're having a bad week Oorpii :P

 

The same as in your video happens with me when I drop bombs parked.

However they work Ok when I drop them from the air.. with a 5 second delay...

 

Does this mean there's no longer any point in telling noobs to start the engine with 'B' ?

Drat and double drat !

Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Zooropa_Fly said:

You're having a bad week Oorpii :P

 

 

Indeed ?

 

So, this is with 5 sec delay and I can't see any damage done

 

https://youtu.be/7a6gq4ZL0-s

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Zooropa_Fly
Posted

I reckon they're working ok in the ship video above.

They are exploding, and I would think it would take more bombs than that to sink a ship that size.

 

No visible damage though, as you point out. Maybe it's not modelled since it's a ww1 plane and a ww2 ship.. ?

Hopefully someone in the know might chip in here..

 

S!

BMA_Hellbender
Posted
3 hours ago, Zooropa_Fly said:

Does this mean there's no longer any point in telling noobs to start the engine with 'B' ?

Drat and double drat !

 

You can now tell noobs to engage boost mode in Entente planes while in flight with Ctrl + E.

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