HE111 Bombing - Manual technic
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FAW_1664

Translation By FAW_Borris
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Manual bombing in Forgotten Battles (without using the automatic bombsight) is not easy, since no mention is being made of it in the user's manual. I purpose to amend this by proposing a kind of procedure.

I undertook a number of measures for several kinds of loads (SC50, SC 70, SC500), which results are given below, together with instructions for use. An overall table is included with every found values.

Plane : He111 laden with 4SC500.
Parameters : Altitude 2000 m / IAS 270 km/h

 

Target: A castle

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Before going into bombsight view, the plane must be coarsly set towards the target.(indicator with three lines above the turn-and-bank). Then the plane is stabilized with the proper key :

alignement cokpit he111

Then the release altitude must be set. In this case : 2000 m. But with auto-stabilization, the plane will tend to Then the release altitude must be set. In this case : 2000 m. But with auto-stabilization, the plane will tend to somewhat dive. It is safe to start 500m higher thn needed in order to get at the right altitude by release-time.

reglage altitude he111

 

TAS is set through the bombsight keys. Speed will be set by 10km/h, so for TAS = 306,5 km/h, 310 will be displayed. Refer to the chart at the end of the brief for IAS/TAS matchings.

reglave vitesse he111

 

Time to get to bombsight view. The target must be spotted far in advance so that last adjustments can be made in time with no hurry. The angle is increased (something like 70 degrees).

 

With trim and rudders, the path is precisely adjusted.

Once set on a course to the target, the angle is set to 39°. The target is then lost from sight and will reappear only a few moments before bomb-release :

 

Just wait for the target to get right in the cross. Four clicks on the bomb-release key just before the target reach the center of the cross :

You know the rest, I expect : ................... BOOOOOOOMMMMM !

 

Two runs were done for every altitude and load, just to get on the safe side.

Here are the results :

 
Bombsight angle for IAS = 270 km/h
Altitude (meters ) and relative TAS (km/h) for IAS = 270 km/h
SC 50 et SC 70
SC 500
1500 / 300
45
43
2000 / 310
41
39
2500 / 310
38
38
3000 / 320
36
37
3500 / 330
35
36
4000 / 340
34
35
4500 / 350
33
34
5000 / 360
33
33
5500 / 370
32
32
6000 / 380
32
32

 



Some further remarks :
As altitude increases, precision diminishes (it may seem obvious but this must be taken into account when bombing high).
The weight and shape of the bomb have an effect on its speed, henceforth on the sight angle.
The results are almost identical for both SC50 and SC70.
The given results are quite experimentals, and must be used as such !

Stéphane P, aka FAW1664 Translation FAW_Borris