How do you accurately bomb with the P-51D?

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I’ve played so much Axis planes and I forgot how to play this thing :sweat_smile:

Since the 500lbs bombs are wing-mounted, as soon as I release the bombs the plane dips and wobbles and I can’t recover from the dive. Whenever I try a shallow angle, it doesn’t hit the target accurately unless I get really really close to the ground.

I consider my bombing skills pretty ok. I can accurately hit targets but with the P-51D I can’t use the same technique I use with other planes like the 109s, Zeros, P40s - pretty much every other fighter plane that has a bomb. And if I remember correctly, the P-51D used to release the bombs at the same time right?

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I use it on occasion, and know what your talking about with the wobble, but I guess just practice. I am decent bombing with just about any plane, but sometimes it takes a pass or two to get the timing, especially since most of my plane seat time is with slower bomber planes, but the P51 is one of the few fighters I do fly. I essentially drop the bombs the same with all planes, the timing because of the speed difference is the only difference for me.

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Just keep bombing and crashing in the practice map

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try bringing the engine to idle while youre going in and releasing it above 100m above your target and give it a tiny bit of time before you start pulling up while bringing your engine to full power

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if the unbalance throws you just double drop…then you dont need to learn anything different from the other planes if you dont want to

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