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Offline Sancho

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LW gunnery manual / Pixels to mils
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2003, 07:23:15 PM »
in my experience, AH gunsight sizes vary from plane to plane.  That is, the distance of your head to the gunsight, and also the size of the polygon which the gunsight sits on both vary.  Because of this, no reliable pixels to mils measurements can be made that will work in more than one plane.

I made a K-14 sight that had the rings set to allow me to approximate range by placing the enemy wings within the outer ring and the inner ring.  For the P-51, F4U, and P-47, all the bitmaps ended up being differently sized in order to achieve the same effect.

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LW gunnery manual / Pixels to mils
« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2003, 12:01:48 PM »
Hooligan, on some planes it is possible to move the head forward enough. Not on all. On some some of those that have enough space to move the head forward, the eye is placed almost directly over the instrument panel. Looking at the instruments doesn't just require to pitch the eyes down (e.g. f8 then numpad 8) but also to move the head back a lot. Can't be real, because there's usually a seat in the way...

PS: Does anyone know the real life size of a gunsight?