Convergence

[Raven3]

What distance do most folks set their gun convergence for.  If it makes a difference, say in a P51D.

[The Fugitive]

Set it where you find yourself shooting. Check your films to see what range you fire at. I set mine at 300 in most 50 Cal planes.

[ImADot]

I usually have mine set between 250 and 350, depending on the plane, the ammo type, and the mission profile (bomber hunting or dogfighting).

Here's a graphic to describe what convergence looks like for wing-mounted guns:

[Lusche]

I have my convergences set on all planes at 350 (except Me 262 and Hurri/Spit I).
I would advise against changing convergence back and forth between missions, or even against different convergence settings for the same weapon type on different planes. Each time you have to adjust your inner sight picture, and the benefits are probably quite limited under most circumstances (unless you are a very good shooter that can cope with that).

Often I read questions like "whut best conv for Pony... and whut for Jug?". Seems some players may think of convergences as a kind of magic trick... just find the magic setting and you will rake up kills like crazy. Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. A happy medium setting (default?) is probably the best all round. If you want to fiddle with your convergence settings, I'd suggest you film a lot of your combats and see at which distances you are actually shooting the most at, and adjust your settings from that individual perspective.

[Rogue9Volt]

In a plane with .50's I usually set convergence to 250 or 300 yds.  With 20mm cannons, I usually set 200 and get closer before shooting.  I don't use 30mm or above because I can't aim those taters for crap... 

[Wiley]

I set everything to 300 except the tater chucker in the 109s, which I set to 350 because it seems to stay close to the pipper for the greatest amount of time without going too far above or below.

The 262 I set one pair to 200, the other to 400 to give me a spread of 30mm as opposed to everything converging on a point.

Wiley.

[Randy1]

I have mine set on 350 for 50s on the P47s and for the canon and 50s on the P-38.

Lusche made a point about sticking with the setting of your choice.  Sound advice.

Go to offline practice and type in /.target 350 .  Go to the NE runway and you will see a target.  I use 350 as an example.  Try other distances as well.  The / calls up the text buffer.

[FLS]

What distance do most folks set their gun convergence for.  If it makes a difference, say in a P51D.

For convergence 300 is a good starting point. If you find over time that most of your shot opportunities are closer or further away you can change it.

When offline or in the TA you can use a target to see your convergence and dispersion. Use the dot command ".target 300" to set a floating target 300 yards N of you. Set .target 100 for example to see how your 300 yard convergence prints at closer range and .target 600 to see it at long range.  Use .target 0 to turn the target off.

[The Fugitive]

Wow double post!

[TonyJoey]

I set my convergence on the .50s to 500 to get the guns pointed up a little bit and help with lead. This will particularly come in handy when you quickly drop on an opponent and he does a break turn. You don't have to pull as much lead and can shred them pretty quickly with 6 .50s with their whole plane in view.

[FLS]

I set my convergence on the .50s to 500 to get the guns pointed up a little bit and help with lead. This will particularly come in handy when you quickly drop on an opponent and he does a break turn. You don't have to pull as much lead and can shred them pretty quickly with 6 .50s with their whole plane in view.

If you set a target at 250 yards you can see the difference in required lead. I don't believe our rounds go over the sight line enough to make a difference.


Raven this shows a P-51 full size on the target. It may help you evaluate your pattern. I believe each circle increases the radius 10 ft.

[Oldman731]

Raven this shows a P-51 full size on the target. It may help you evaluate your pattern. I believe each circle increases the radius 10 ft.

Great image.  Is that at 250 yards?

- jkw

[FLS]

Great image.  Is that at 250 yards?

- jkw

I set the target at 1 yard and zoomed out in F3 for a screenshot.

[Raven3]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the info.

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some have said it...but I will say it again because it is THE most important part of landing KILLING hits....land your hits at the convergence....

also...Aim for the pilot...

there is an old saying "aim small...miss small"

killing the pilot is an insta explosion....done deal....and you see a nice little Death animation