P-51 gunsight

[dhart]

Didnt the Mustang have a lead computing gunsight? If I remember right it did. Why not put one in the pony in the main arena?

[Soulyss]

Some P-51's did have a lead computing gun sight (model K-14 I believe).  It was a gyroscopic based system that was in effect a mechanical computer.  It required data input by the pilot in order to calculate the correct range to the target.  The gyroscope also had a tendency to tumble during any sort of maneuver that led many pilot to simple "cage" it and use it as a fixed sight. 

[Chalenge]

Its a late war product that not all aircraft had initially. I would love to spend some perks on it though! 

[Ack-Ack]

AW had the K-14 gunsight, well, at least the Kesmoid's version of it.


ack-ack

[SgtPappy]

I think the P-47N and P-51D in-game have a K-14 gunsight system clearly installed.

Too bad we can't actually use it though.

[Karnak]

Spitfire XIV and XVI as well as Tempest had lead computing sites too.

[dhart]

Well since we all agree that they were around back in the day, why not use them on the planes that had them? We have something like it in the training arena where you can have a marker identify where to fire, just put it in the planes that used it.

[Soulyss]

*edit*

N/M.

[Bronk]

*edit*

N/M.

good call.

[AAJagerX]

I can't imagine that it'd be very useful in game with the wacky maneuvering that goes on.  I may be wrong though.

[AirFlyer]

Well since we all agree that they were around back in the day, why not use them on the planes that had them? We have something like it in the training arena where you can have a marker identify where to fire, just put it in the planes that used it.

It's no where close to that useful, if it was do you think pilots of have locked it to a fixed position?

[Karnak]

It's no where close to that useful, if it was do you think pilots of have locked it to a fixed position?

It was useful.  In the Spitfire IX squadron that first tested it, accuracy went up a lot, but you are absolutely correct that it was nothing like the training tool.  In AH we just don't have the mechanisms in place to model it, and even if we did our maneuvering is way more extreme than it would work with in most cases.

[Flayed]

  I think it would just take some of the skill and fun out of the game. Besides P51's an Spits are already so easy to fly and kill things in who needs a fancy gun sight.

[Chalenge]

It was useful.  In the Spitfire IX squadron that first tested it, accuracy went up a lot, but you are absolutely correct that it was nothing like the training tool.  In AH we just don't have the mechanisms in place to model it, and even if we did our maneuvering is way more extreme than it would work with in most cases.

So what your saying is that cartoon pilots maneuver harder than pilots that had their lives on the line? WOW! 

[Tupac]

So what your saying is that cartoon pilots maneuver harder than pilots that had their lives on the line? WOW! 

when your in a cartoon plane you dont feel the g forces. We turn our planes to their structural limits, they turned theirs to their physical ability