92 Sqn. Philstyle (QJ-P)
Feb-04-2013, 06:30
Hi all,
I'm interested to hearing some feedback on this. And some creative ideas for how we might
Over the weekend I watched a 109(bomber variant) fly in to the Radar target near Ramsgate and proceed to make several passes. This 109s maintained a speed faster than I could match in the spitfire with full-boost (~300mph). Hi climbed vertically, looped over and dived at full speed on the target at least 3 times (I suspect he released bombs on two passes? or can the 109 only carry a single bomb?). He managed to completely destroy the entire target.
Now (ignoring for now my confusions about a bomb-slung fighter performing these high speed manoeuvres as well as a clean fighter) , it seems odd to me that a single 109 can destroy and entire Radar facility; with, what should be, less than 500lb of bombs.
I would expect a 1,000lb bomb to have a blast radius of around 100ft. (at, say 10psi). A 500lb bomb, much, much less. A 250 or 50lb, much, much less.
How is it then, that a radar station can be entirely wiped out by these relatively piddly explosives?
Are the objects so closely packed together and so flimsy that such a blast can wipe them all out?
I'm interested to hearing some feedback on this. And some creative ideas for how we might
Over the weekend I watched a 109(bomber variant) fly in to the Radar target near Ramsgate and proceed to make several passes. This 109s maintained a speed faster than I could match in the spitfire with full-boost (~300mph). Hi climbed vertically, looped over and dived at full speed on the target at least 3 times (I suspect he released bombs on two passes? or can the 109 only carry a single bomb?). He managed to completely destroy the entire target.
Now (ignoring for now my confusions about a bomb-slung fighter performing these high speed manoeuvres as well as a clean fighter) , it seems odd to me that a single 109 can destroy and entire Radar facility; with, what should be, less than 500lb of bombs.
I would expect a 1,000lb bomb to have a blast radius of around 100ft. (at, say 10psi). A 500lb bomb, much, much less. A 250 or 50lb, much, much less.
How is it then, that a radar station can be entirely wiped out by these relatively piddly explosives?
Are the objects so closely packed together and so flimsy that such a blast can wipe them all out?