Bomb hang ups

[Wildfowler]

I have just flown a very simple search and destroy mission I created in ETO.
1 x Halifax armed with 8 x depth charges taking off from Chivenor to locate and destroy a U-Boat trying to enter the Irish sea.
Located U-Boat and came in for my attack run. Bomb Bay doors open. Selected depth Charges. Hit the button and.....NOTHING the charges did not drop!!! So there I am now flying directly above a very annoyed U-Boat exposing my belly full of high explosive. Managed to get away with no hits from the flak, again selected depth charges, hit the button and two fell cleanly away.
This only left me 6 charges for the U-Boat. Line up for my run, select, and dropped perfectly sinking the U-Boat.
My question is could there have been a temporay hang up as did occur sometimes in real life? or could the attitude of the aircraft not have been correct for the bombs to release?
Ideas anyone!

 

[grizzly50]

I have just flown a very simple search and destroy mission I created in ETO.
1 x Halifax armed with 8 x depth charges taking off from Chivenor to locate and destroy a U-Boat trying to enter the Irish sea.
Located U-Boat and came in for my attack run. Bomb Bay doors open. Selected depth Charges. Hit the button and.....NOTHING the charges did not drop!!! So there I am now flying directly above a very annoyed U-Boat exposing my belly full of high explosive. Managed to get away with no hits from the flak, again selected depth charges, hit the button and two fell cleanly away.
This only left me 6 charges for the U-Boat. Line up for my run, select, and dropped perfectly sinking the U-Boat.
My question is could there have been a temporay hang up as did occur sometimes in real life? or could the attitude of the aircraft not have been correct for the bombs to release?
Ideas anyone!

Wildfowler, the plane's attitude is definitely a factor in release failure. The wrong angles or too much rocking of the wings will cause this on every aircraft I have flown.

Then again, maybe you didn't have the weapon selected properly the first time. This can happen to anyone in the "heat of the moment". Open the bomb bay, line up the target in the bombsight, hit the drop button, only to discover that you had forgotten that one little step of pressing Backspace (or whatever other key you have programmed to select ordnance). Embarrassing, yes? LOL

It could even be a bad button. Hope not.:d

 

[Wildfowler]

I think you are right about the attitude. I seem to remember I was desperatley trying to line up on the target so I may have been banking too much!
Another one down to pilot error!