Author Topic: At what distance , the most common shot? (Read 1978 times)

miraj · « **on:** December 15, 2007, 04:12:26 PM »

At what distance are your most common fighter vs fighter shots taken ?

Whether cannon or machine gun , I tend to lead the target a bit at 400 and not lead at 200.

Most all of my shots are taken at iether 200 or 400. However ALOT more planes end up in my sights at 400.

So if most of my shots are taken at 400 , that means I should set convergance at 400 on just about everything I fly ..., right??

In the effort to improve my marksmanship , any comments shared are much appreciated.

mussie · « **Reply #1 on:** December 15, 2007, 04:15:27 PM »

I set my convergence to 400 for all planes with wing mounted guns.... so thats where i try to take my shots

SD67 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 15, 2007, 05:43:42 PM »

I've improved greatly.
I used to start shooting just inside 800. I'm practising restraint and now trying to hold off until I get to less than 400.

thndregg · « **Reply #3 on:** December 15, 2007, 05:53:16 PM »

Right up thier ***.

BiPoLaR · « **Reply #4 on:** December 15, 2007, 06:18:28 PM »

about 200 with a tater

68Wooley · « **Reply #5 on:** December 15, 2007, 06:50:33 PM »

I usually like to be inside d200. But then my shooting stinks.

nirvana · « **Reply #6 on:** December 15, 2007, 07:08:12 PM »

When they fill the windscreen, then you can't possibly miss.

kilz · « **Reply #7 on:** December 15, 2007, 07:22:44 PM »

i knock them down from 600-800

BiGBMAW · « **Reply #8 on:** December 15, 2007, 08:00:22 PM »

mine are set to 650 i only fly typhoons and hurricanes for ftrs

thsoe 20 misl shoot liek lazers

Citabria · « **Reply #9 on:** December 15, 2007, 10:15:43 PM »

point blank

Spikes · « **Reply #10 on:** December 15, 2007, 10:19:32 PM »

When you are close enough to get hit by remains of their wing.

kvuo75 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 15, 2007, 11:36:08 PM »

I try to not shoot until within 400 yds... i use 400 as magic number.

my convergenges in all fighters set to 300

Rich46yo · « **Reply #12 on:** December 15, 2007, 11:53:50 PM »

With bombers the typical shot is maybe 600 yrds. But a lot depends. Depends on the angle of attack, or the type of attack. Ive often started shooting at 1,000 yrds. And on occasion havnt started until 300 yrds or less.

A lot of fighter sticks are pretty slick. They know the ammo loads in the bombers and will often tease and dance around trying to get you to use it up.

I just had a guy in a Spit do that. He danced around at 800 yards trying to get me to use up my ammo. Unfortunatly for him I used it up shooting him down.

kilz · « **Reply #13 on:** December 16, 2007, 12:00:44 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by Rich46yo
With bombers the typical shot is maybe 600 yrds. But a lot depends. Depends on the angle of attack, or the type of attack. Ive often started shooting at 1,000 yrds. And on occasion havnt started until 300 yrds or less.

A lot of fighter sticks are pretty slick. They know the ammo loads in the bombers and will often tease and dance around trying to get you to use it up.

I just had a guy in a Spit do that. He danced around at 800 yards trying to get me to use up my ammo. Unfortunatly for him I used it up shooting him down.

800 dead with in seconds better dance around 1.5k cause i will pop you around 1-1.3k

LePaul · « **Reply #14 on:** December 16, 2007, 01:17:06 AM »

I used to hold fire til 200 ft but I found I was taking damage from hits/debris or just ramming

Now I set my convergence to 400ft. Much better.

I also turned off tracers. This took me a long time to adjust to. But I also found my targets were slower to respond to the hits then when they could see tracers zing by.