Originally Posted by
Bear Pilot
I think I see what you're saying.
There are a few reasons why a lot of guys, myself included, set up the cannons and mg's of the 109 so that they don't all meet at exactly one spot. Hopefully the following will show why.
1. I set my cannons to 400 vertical 200 horizontal. I do this because there is no reason for me to take a shot with the cannon from any farther than 200 meters. They are too few and too precious to be spraying around. But I have gotten to the point where I know just when to pull the trigger to score hits around the 180-200m range.
2. I set my mg's to 400 vertical and 1000 horizontal (that's as far as the game will allow). I do this because the mg's are only 18 inches apart so horizontally convergence is not an issue.
3. The key in having them both set to the same vertical of 400 meters is that at 200 meters the mg's and cannon shells almost converge perfectly. Some error isn't necessarily a bad thing because unless you hold the same speed as your opponent, the distance between you and him will most likely change very rapidly.
4. From a practical standpoint, 400m vertical seems to have a very natural feel to it. I've experimented with it and sometimes even a difference of 100m +/- causes me to miss down range. Usually just barely but I've squeezed off good bursts at vertical convergences other than 400 and thought I nailed them and it turns out they all went just over or just under him. For me, 400m is just what looks and produces them best results in the sight.
Increasing the vertical can help in leading targets but this is more useful in red fighters as a 109 shouldn't be doing too much turn fighting anyway.
To sum it up, I set the cannon to 200m horizontal because I just know through experience when I have the green light to open up and be effective. Horizontal mg's don't need to converge at all honestly but 1000m is the most we plug in. Vertically, 400m for both just feels right and mg's and cannon almost meet at 200m which is exactly when I like to open up.
Long pot shots at running fighters or trying to take out bomber gunners excluded of course.
So no, they don't all hit at one spot but it seems to be a pretty good compromise.
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