I am having serious gunnery issues. My last flight I was in a P51b 200 behind a 109 in pretty much straight and level flight. He was moving around some but nothing crazy. I ran out of ammo and only hit him a couple of times. I had the sight on him, a little over him, a little under him, to both sides. I don't understand how I could be that bad.
Could network lag be the issue? Any suggestions
I can't hit a barn either.. because I normally don't aim at them
Do you recall what types of planes you encounter quite often or need practice on hitting/finding the weakpoints? For example: I counter 109k4s and f6fs quite often, so in offline mode I made two of the drones a 109k4 and an f6f. Practicing at different angles, speeds etc. I trained myself by "mastering the round" as I call it. For example, if you want to be good in the p51 with gunnery, then fly only planes with 50 cals. The trajectory is the same from plane to plane, as long as the round is the same caliber/gun type (if not mistaken).
I use my experience from 'mastering' 50cal trajectory on my 30mm aiming, while putting a slight change to it. Which so far, as improved my accuracy dramatically, you all are in for a treat when I get back online
Fly offline, and shoot at a b17 or b24, aim for specific engines at varying distances with tracers on. Then after that, when you think you have the hang of it, turn tracers off. If you are able to hit where you want with tracers off, then you're doing something right
. Another thing I did, was make sure that your gunsight (if you use any other than the default) is the same for all the planes you fly that use the same caliber. That way it is easier to learn.
Also, what fugitive mentioned, film your sorties (with tracers on so you can see where your rounds are going) and observe them later. There are many things you can pick up easily watching a film, that you totally missed while in the 'heat of the moment' in 'battle'.
Hope this helps.
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