[2.9.9.2474 MT] Bombs will randomly release well before reaching set release angle for Lofts

[Stickler]

Reference the attached track of a Loft release (non-WRCS).

I manually set the Low Angle to 30° and the pull-up timer to 12 seconds.

The actual release occurs at about 25° flight path angle.*

This is entirely repeatable according to my tests: Simply "take control" after the parameters are set and attempt a refly. The release consistently occurs about 5° lower than planned. Note that this is with a reference aircraft.

I had noticed this behaviour very rarely before but I was never able to capture a track. While 100% reproducible once you have a track, I have not found a way to reproduce the bug itself.

*Note that Heatblur have made the design choice to have the weapons nominally release at a specific climb instead of pitch angle, whereas the RL 34-1-1 seems to indicate that the release angle settings in the back seat refer to pitch and not release angle. I did consider reporting this as a separate bug, however having a climb angle as the release criterion does simplify ballistic calculations considering - to my knowledge - only a limited amount of RL gyro settings including AoA are available and these do not match in-game performance.

wrongangle.trk

[Zabuzard]

Could you also attach a screenshot of what are entered into the bombing tool please, since it is not captured in the track.
Or did you do it without Jester and the track works without any tool input?

[Stickler]

3 hours ago, Zabuzard said:

Could you also attach a screenshot of what are entered into the bombing tool please, since it is not captured in the track.
Or did you do it without Jester and the track works without any tool input?

Affirm, without Jester, all hand-dialed in the back seat.

Edited November 24, 2024 by Stickler

[HB_Painter]

Hey thanks for reporting will take a look in the next days!