how do you dive bomb?

[OzJackaroo]

ive been using my ju 87 and i can never agree on how to do a dive bombing. what alt? how do you probally roll into a dive?

[OzJackaroo]

its super difficult to dive bomb in realistic battles and this has helped me. today i dive bombed two tanks next to each other and killed both they were pissed lol

[OzJackaroo]

can you guys share some vids pls?

[Happyguy22]

hold down j

[Emotional Damage]

your plane has to jump from a platform or cliff into the water in order to dive. To bomb, simply release the bomb anytime you want while diving underwater.

[OzJackaroo]

what do you mean hold j? does that auto roll your dive bomber?

[Illusionyary]

Originally posted by OzJackaroo:

what do you mean hold j? does that auto roll your dive bomber?

He's trolling you, holding J makes you leave your aircraft.

The Stuka's aren't the easiest planes to dive bomb with because they have the bomb catapult that takes about half a second or so to deploy and drop the bomb, by which point it's missed the target. I recommend trying some fighters with bombs such as the P-47s to get the hang of it as they drop instantly.

[Fishing4Trains]

Dive and drop your bomb? The clue is in the name.

[Happyguy22]

As Illusion said, it bails you out.


There is literally a tutorial for this. I am certain.

[OzJackaroo]

happy if your going to troll go some were else i should have remembered im rlly good at the gam :P

[Happyguy22]

Originally posted by OzJackaroo:

happy if your going to troll go some were else i should have remembered im rlly good at the gam :P

Then why are you asking for help? In all honesty, this is a question that is so obvious that I'd expect the Royal Navy would have it in a instant, rather than the 10 year delay.

Do you want a check list? Okay:

1. Fly level, above 220 metres at least (better if it's higher, but the engine is... bad).
2. Begin to roll over, whilst pitching up slightly.
3. Upon reaching 90 degrees, begin to enter a slight dive getting steeper.
4. Before reaching 100~ metres (or when you are in a proper steep dive), try and release the bomb. The bomb on Stuka's is *throw* not detonated off so you have to give it a few seconds.
5. Pull out and gain altitude again.
6. RTB.


It's easier though, to just dive directly in other aircraft because rolling takes too long. Tempest, Typhoon and otherwise are examples of these. Personally, the Stuka isn't the best aircraft and I'd rather take a fighter or level bomber.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by Happyguy22:

Originally posted by OzJackaroo:

happy if your going to troll go some were else i should have remembered im rlly good at the gam :P

Then why are you asking for help? In all honesty, this is a question that is so obvious that I'd expect the Royal Navy would have it in a instant, rather than the 10 year delay.

Do you want a check list? Okay:

1. Fly level, above 220 metres at least (better if it's higher, but the engine is... bad).
2. Begin to roll over, whilst pitching up slightly.
3. Upon reaching 90 degrees, begin to enter a slight dive getting steeper.
4. Before reaching 100~ metres (or when you are in a proper steep dive), try and release the bomb. The bomb on Stuka's is *throw* not detonated off so you have to give it a few seconds.
5. Pull out and gain altitude again.
6. RTB.


It's easier though, to just dive directly in other aircraft because rolling takes too long. Tempest, Typhoon and otherwise are examples of these. Personally, the Stuka isn't the best aircraft and I'd rather take a fighter or level bomber.

I like stukas because they're so agile and good at slowing themselves.
You can actually dive in a 90 without worrying about crashing.

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Originally posted by 𝒮𝒰𝒞𝒦 ℐ𝒯:

point straight down and spam spacebar or whatever you have bind :D thats what I do tbh :fyeah:

yes

[Exilyth]

Under battle -> single missions, one of the missions has you divebomb a ship convoy using a Stuka. Some flights/wings of friendly AI do the dive before you, so you could go and see how they do it.

Would allow you to learn in a controlled environment before 'diving' into dive bombing in RB proper.