Is it a known issue, that a bomb even when equipped with a delay fuze detonates instantly upon contact with a ship? Because that sure what it looks like is happening when I try skip bombing. If that is the case, does anyone know of any work arounds?
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Jenrick, are you trying to bomb ships in the local marina again? We’ve talked about this I am sure! 
Also, what game are you talking about. That sorta helps us all her 
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Doh, sorry I added the DCS tag, but I didn’t realize it doesn’t show up in the title.
So in DCS, is it a known issue… etc
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What fuze are you using and which bomb?
So far the M64 500lb’er with the M116 fuze (or which ever is the delay fuze) set to 5 seconds, and the MC Mk II and MC Short Tail 500 lber’s with the delay fuze (11 seconds I believe).
Should work i think. Im not up to speed on the WW2 fuses in game.
If you have nose and tail fuzes i would make sure both are set to delay.
If i remember all fuzes have an arm delay and then they have the det delay.
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Tried it with dual timed fuzes, plugged noses/tail etc. They work correctly on the ground, but not on ships. Very odd.
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Never tried skip bombing in dcs …know it works in il2, but didn’t think that dcs has the bomb physics for it
A couple of months ago delay fuzes were completely bugged if you plugged the nose or tail. I don’t know if this is related and I haven’t tested whether that’s been fixed but I think it’s worth mentioning.
Skip bombing never worked in DCS AFAIK, maybe ED is working on something like that, it would be nice, but I don’t know.
Would be useful in a PTO scenario, right?
Pacific Fighters did it 21 years ago. Not sure if it was even possible in OG Sturmovik…
Pretty sure it was? I remember one of Dart’s video’s showing it off.
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Likely this one he made for IL-2: Forgotten Battles.
IL-2 Sturmovik - Dart’s “How to Skip Bomb”
IL-2 Sturmovik - Dart's "How to Skip Bomb"
https://youtu.be/Af4syRR5r7s
Uploaded to YouTube on March 29, 2010 by abadgaem
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I’ve tried a few with 11s delay on nose and tail fuses. Don’t recall which bomb specifically, some flavor of short-tail in the Mossie’s bomb bay. They still function normally “on” ships but I find they tend to pass through the ship and become a depth charge instead of lodging themselves in the ship as I would expect.
Interesting, delay fuze in the nose then? I believe I was trying delay fuze in the tail, and plugged nose fuze with the Mossie. I know that’s what I was trying with the US bombs. I’ll give the nose delay fuze a try and see what happens.
I had both nose and tail set to a delay, and armed both in the cockpit.
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Okay it is a nose/tail fuze issue, using the delay fuzes in the nose well the bombs function correctly. A little ahistorical, but not huge deal.
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