Bomb safety switch in German planes.

[FS-Sturmgeist]

Hi Devs,

 

will you finally implement a visual cue when turning the bomb safety switch on and off in German planes? I've noticed in US and British planes, there is a toggle switch that moves (on/off). Countless times I find myself in a wasted air to ground sortie because I forgot to arm the bombs while flying on servers without technochat. The first thing I do before starting procedure is to cut it off. I only arm the bombs when I'm in the target area normally. But in server's without Technochat, I arm the bombs right after take-off. 

 

And another issue, similar but not. Gun Pods had a separate circuit from the other cannons on board German aircraft. Therefore, would it be possible to switch them off when one doesn't desire to use them in an attack? Often using them is overkill and a waste of ammunition when I only want to use the Nose Cannon for example.

 

Ok, last thing ?

 

Rectical Dimmer control would be a nice to have in German aircraft also. 

[Yogiflight]

On 11/24/2023 at 1:07 AM, FS-Sturmgeist said:

Gun Pods had a separate circuit from the other cannons on board German aircraft. Therefore, would it be possible to switch them off when one doesn't desire to use them in an attack?

Which aircraft are you talking about?

[Yogiflight]

Additionally to what Sturmgeist suggested, in German aircrafts with the device below, the pilot was able to switch between bomb fuzes with or without delay.

The switch below is set to 'mv' (mit Verzögerung), which means with delay for dive bombing (Sturz) attacks (shorter time until the bombs were armed)

 

This time the switch is set to 'ov' (ohne Verzögerung) for horizontal (wagerecht/waagerecht) bombings (longer time until the fuze was armed)

 

in game you can only change this before the missions in the aircraft settings, but you should be able to do it during the flight.

BTW, the position at the top 'Aus' would in my understanding secure the bombs.

[LukeFF]

It's been mentioned to our lead engineer, but there's no timetable right now to add this feature.

[Yogiflight]

15 hours ago, LukeFF said:

It's been mentioned to our lead engineer, but there's no timetable right now to add this feature.

Are you talking about the animation of the switch only or also about the possibility for the player to change the setting for the bomb fuzes in flight?

[LukeFF]

2 hours ago, Yogiflight said:

Are you talking about the animation of the switch only or also about the possibility for the player to change the setting for the bomb fuzes in flight?

 

Probably right now, just the animation of the switch.