0.50 cal convergance

[Rich46yo]

You Yank set specialists I was wondering what do you set convergance for with the 0.50s cals? What would be the best convergance for snap shots?

Thank you.

[NOT]

i set mine at 400.




NOT

[morfiend]

Rich: what distance do you shoot from the most?

 I tend to have my conv. set in close cuz if I'm not in close I dont have a hope in h... in hitting anything.

[Soulyss]

You'll probably get a pretty wide response, I haven't flown birds with wing mounted .50's in awhile. If I remember correctly I think I set the guns around 300.  The best answer I can give you is to try different settings and see what works best for you.  The ballistics will be the same on most the US birds but how you fly them may dictate a different convergence.  I remember when I switched from the 51 to the F6F I brought the convergence in because I noticed that I was mixing it up it up a lot more than before so I set the guns to try and optimize the damage on a close in snap shot, like during rolling scissors.  Try paying attention to the ranges your firing at and where you're getting hits at, then set the convergence there.  

[Rich46yo]

Rich: what distance do you shoot from the most?

 I tend to have my conv. set in close cuz if I'm not in close I dont have a hope in h... in hitting anything.

Probably like everyone else the longer I play, and the more skill I acquire, the shorter I'm starting to shoot at. I'd say I prefer 400 and in. However there are times I'd like to hit at 600, even times I need to, and like the occasional 800k Hail Mary.

I was just wondering if there was a happy medium? My current obsession is the Hellcat and I have those set at 400. But does a 400 convergence really take advantage of the ballistic qualities of the 0.50?

[Saxman]

It's not so much the ballistics properties but hitting power. Ballistics of the .50cal are superb throughout its range. The problem is unlike cannon with an explosive charge the Browning relies on force of impact to do damage. The farther out you shoot, the less power the round has when it gets there. Even if you hit your target exactly in convergence there's a big difference between the energy of the hit at 300yds vs 600yds.

I set my guns to 200yds and the Brownings are absolute buzzsaws at that range. Lethality is good at 400, but there's no comparison to getting your target right at convergence at 200yds. I'm talking half-second snapshots to de-wing P-47s.

[morfiend]

 Read what saxman says!

 I'm not about to say that you should use this conv.or that,but 400 seems far to me.

 I use 275 or 300 max depending on plane and even 150 or 200 for noseguns.

 The F6f is pretty manuverable so I'd tend to move conv. in closer than 400.

 Of course YMMV.

[whels]

Allied 50cal and hispano 20mm all guns 400

LW MGs 325 , 20 and 30mm  375.  why 375? cause the 3xtra 50  yards on cannon compensate
for the big drop LW cannons have. it ends up making the cannon round hit same spot as MGs.

all other guns 325


Whels

[SmokinLoon]

Buff hunting = 600.

fighter v fighter = 350

air v ground OBJ = 600

air v gv (Hurri IID/IL-2) = 350

 

[VansCrew1]

Ive got all sets of .50cals set at 350. I dont shoot till im about 400 out on them or closer.

[Anaxogoras]

LW MGs 325 , 20 and 30mm  375.  why 375? cause the 3xtra 50  yards on cannon compensate
for the big drop LW cannons have. it ends up making the cannon round hit same spot as MGs.

If you set your cannons and mg's to the same convergence point, they will hit at the same point.  This can be confirmed with the offline target.  Moreover, setting the 30mm Mk 108 out to 375 can actually cause you to shoot over your target if it's at 200 yards because the shells will lob too high.

Luftwaffe cannons only drop below the convergence point at ranges which exceed it.

[Shane]

600yds for everything!!!  i hate getting in range for toolsheds to hit me back!!  plus i found it best for HO's since you can spray from 1k right down to the moment of impact!

 

but seriously i've used between 250yds to 400yds for the .50's... usually a happy medium is a 300yd convergence which allows decent shots out to 600 and if u adjust slightly you can get pings out to 1k (but hard to do mch dmg).

[Rich46yo]

Thanks fellas. Its nice to see highly respected sticks answer. Im going to settle on 400 for the Yank set and see how it goes.

[SectorNine50]

When you set convergence, it sets where the bullets will cross, and where they will cross on your crosshair center point as well.  So if you set the MG's and Cannons all to one distance, they will all hit dead center of your crosshair at that distance.

[Gooss]

I fly Corsairs mostly.  My convergence is 275.  I shoot when the range goes from 400 to 200. 

Chicks dig gullwings.

HONK!
Gooss