Jack Morris (Lucky)
Mar-18-2012, 04:01
Hello all,
About a week ago, Snapper posted about the tactic I like to take down planes with and dubbed it "The Great White Shark Attack". Here is a detailed explanation:
When the map rotates to early morning, I fly over to France in a Spit IIa as dawn is breaking (I may be wrong but flak seems to be a lot less accurate in the dark) I fly at zero ft and look up towards the sky, this is a win-win because the enemy cannot see you against the dark ground, but it is very easy for you to pick up this silhouette of an enemy.
Follow your target, but make sure to stay below him, when you are right under him, pull up towards him, and when you are as close in as possible, fire a burst of less than 1 second, and he shouldn't be flying for much longer. The aim is not to take them out instantly (although you will find this happens most of the time) It is simply to make them no longer a threat to you, wound them badly and you will get that kill!
I usually take down at least 4 bandits before fuel runs out, and usually have 9 seconds ammo to spare for the flight home.
Now for the technical info -
Power setting is as follows:
Throttle=110%, Rads=48%, Prop Pitch=72%, Mixture=100% I can run these settings without ever overheating (as long as you stay below 10,000)
Convergence:
All guns horizontal set to 150. The vertical for G1=190, G2=200, G3=210, G4=220
and so you don't have to bother mirroring it G5=220, G6=210, G7=200, G8=190
This vertical gives a nice, up and down scattered box (A trick I learned from my good friend the Pope)
You should set your Gunsight to 160, and the base feet to 32ft for an Bf-109. You will probably be travelling much faster than the 109 so open fire just before the enemy wing tips touch the two horizontal lines, then break off and look for another target!
Good Luck, and I hope you found this interesting/helpful!
Jack
---a.k.a The Great White Shark---
Oh, and here is a shot of what the aftermath of a typical attack looks like:
http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr105/JackEdwardMorris/2012-03-11_00004.jpg
About a week ago, Snapper posted about the tactic I like to take down planes with and dubbed it "The Great White Shark Attack". Here is a detailed explanation:
When the map rotates to early morning, I fly over to France in a Spit IIa as dawn is breaking (I may be wrong but flak seems to be a lot less accurate in the dark) I fly at zero ft and look up towards the sky, this is a win-win because the enemy cannot see you against the dark ground, but it is very easy for you to pick up this silhouette of an enemy.
Follow your target, but make sure to stay below him, when you are right under him, pull up towards him, and when you are as close in as possible, fire a burst of less than 1 second, and he shouldn't be flying for much longer. The aim is not to take them out instantly (although you will find this happens most of the time) It is simply to make them no longer a threat to you, wound them badly and you will get that kill!
I usually take down at least 4 bandits before fuel runs out, and usually have 9 seconds ammo to spare for the flight home.
Now for the technical info -
Power setting is as follows:
Throttle=110%, Rads=48%, Prop Pitch=72%, Mixture=100% I can run these settings without ever overheating (as long as you stay below 10,000)
Convergence:
All guns horizontal set to 150. The vertical for G1=190, G2=200, G3=210, G4=220
and so you don't have to bother mirroring it G5=220, G6=210, G7=200, G8=190
This vertical gives a nice, up and down scattered box (A trick I learned from my good friend the Pope)
You should set your Gunsight to 160, and the base feet to 32ft for an Bf-109. You will probably be travelling much faster than the 109 so open fire just before the enemy wing tips touch the two horizontal lines, then break off and look for another target!
Good Luck, and I hope you found this interesting/helpful!
Jack
---a.k.a The Great White Shark---
Oh, and here is a shot of what the aftermath of a typical attack looks like:
http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/rr105/JackEdwardMorris/2012-03-11_00004.jpg