Author Topic: Gunsight Distances - someone "official" pls clear this up!! (Read 884 times)

Ghosth · « **Reply #15 on:** October 07, 2003, 08:15:00 AM »

FYI back when I was farming out in the minnesota sticks there were 3 local planes that I saw regularly.

All 3 were painted yellow, and roughly the same size.

1 was a stearman rigged as a cropduster,
1 was an aircat again as a cropduster.
1 was my buddy's light plane.

At 3 miles I had NO problem telling the 3 apart. The stearman I could maybe tell at 4 miles due to the bigwing.

Granted those are 3 very different looking planes, it would be tougher if the planes were harder to distinguish.

But then my life didn't depend on it either.

Shiva · « **Reply #16 on:** October 07, 2003, 09:05:50 AM »

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Originally posted by Toad
The higher you go, the thinner the air. The thinner the air, the less the resistance on the bullet and thus, longer range with higher velocity. Big between sea level and 25k.

To illustrate Toad's statement, there is an organization called the Long Drive Association, which holds regular competitions for distance shots with a golf club. At competitions held at or below sea level, the winning range is generally around 315 yards, but the record holder for distance on a high-altitude course had a distance of 510 yards. Now consider that this is for an altitude of around 10,000 feet, and think about how much range improvement you'd get with the additional decrease in air pressure from another 15,000 feet of altitude.

Waffle · « **Reply #17 on:** October 07, 2003, 04:15:54 PM »

In regards to this troll...Last night I was flying and was at (d6.0k) 18,000 feet over sea level...I couldn't see an Icon on a plane that was flying below me at (d1.3) 4,000 feet.

so I was close to d6.0k from the Sea Level and this guy was around d1.3 k from sea level.....

I should've seen an icon that said d4.7k correct???????

Or was that the no icon bug?

BTW, for grins...I still want to know how long you guys/gals believe it takes to merge with a plane in a head-on pass from d6.0k.....or how long you think it takes from previous experience....

NJMAW · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2003, 04:31:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Innominate
heres an easier way to figure it out.

Have a friend park on the ground at sea level.. Fly over them at 3000 feet. When directly over them, you will see them 1.0 away from you.

Its yards.

Is that a creature off of Aqua Teens hunger Force?

Innominate · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2003, 05:41:17 PM »

As for icons,
If you are under 100 feet AGL, your icon is only visibile out to 3.0k, not the 6.0k you're normally visible at. (note, that is YARDS still)

Waffle · « **Reply #20 on:** October 07, 2003, 07:28:18 PM »

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Originally posted by Innominate
As for icons,
If you are under 100 feet AGL, your icon is only visibile out to 3.0k, not the 6.0k you're normally visible at. (note, that is YARDS still)

We were above the ocean

wetrat · « **Reply #21 on:** October 07, 2003, 10:27:21 PM »

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Originally posted by JB73
get on the highway and watch the mile markers. find a long straight strech and choose an object @ 1 point. then drive a mile away and identify that object. (good luck)

Call me crazy, but I imagine it would be slightly less difficult to identify a hulking metallic object in an empty sky than it would be to identify a garbage can at the side of the road. But hey, what do I know?

JB73 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 08, 2003, 01:00:27 AM »

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Originally posted by Innominate
As for icons,
If you are under 100 feet AGL, your icon is only visibile out to 3.0k, not the 6.0k you're normally visible at. (note, that is YARDS still)

umm actually it's 500 feet AGL.

JB73 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 08, 2003, 01:02:37 AM »

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Originally posted by wetrat
Call me crazy, but I imagine it would be slightly less difficult to identify a hulking metallic object in an empty sky than it would be to identify a garbage can at the side of the road. But hey, what do I know?

not talking about a garbage can .. try a pickup parked. a 109 was not much bigger than a full size Chevy extended cab.

the biggest problem with a game on the computer is we are dealing with a few pixles instead of millions of points of light and binocular vision.

i was just making a point about distance anyway.

Toad · « **Reply #24 on:** October 08, 2003, 03:22:22 PM »

Again, visibility at sea level is far less than what you experience at higher alts. The air is simply much clearer.

ccvi · « **Reply #25 on:** October 08, 2003, 03:51:06 PM »

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Originally posted by JB73
umm actually it's 500 feet AGL.

500 GND is radar alt. reduced icon range at 200 GND.

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Originally posted by JB73
the biggest problem with a game on the computer is we are dealing with a few pixles instead of millions of points of light and binocular vision.

binocular vision is uselesss beyond 50 yards.