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Title: Gun sights
Post by: lonewolf1 on March 27, 2001, 08:12:00 PM

Now, I know they ain't just for looks. Does anyone know of a place I can read up on on how to use the gun sight correctly, and what the various lines and circles mean?

Also, what sights are people using? Right now I use the default, but I'm starting to play with others that can be downloaded from the site.


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Title: Gun sights
Post by: Lephturn on March 28, 2001, 06:27:00 AM

Well, what the various lines and circles mean will depend on the gun sight.

You can see what I use here: http://users.andara.com/~sconrad/views.htm (http://users.andara.com/~sconrad/views.htm)

In the advanced section I go into what gunsight I use and how I use it.  Now my special system requires some adjustments, and is only really effective on some aircraft.

Other gunsights are either set up to match a target's wingspan at convergence.  Other marks are sometimes used for aiming bombs or rockets.

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Title: Gun sights
Post by: Andy Bush on March 28, 2001, 10:30:00 PM

Lonewolf

Try this for info specific to Aces High.
 http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/air_combat/gunsights/ (http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/air_combat/gunsights/)

Also at that website is a series written on A2A gunnery that you might find helpful.

Andy

Title: Gun sights
Post by: lonewolf1 on March 29, 2001, 11:29:00 AM

Thank you very much Andy. This was exactly what I was looking for, and I think that its going to help my gunnery a lot.   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)



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Title: Gun sights
Post by: flakbait on March 29, 2001, 11:44:00 AM

The entire article Mr Bush posted can be summed up thusly:

"Stick yer saght on the sucker, add about half a hair o' lead, and give 'em a good squirt! Ifluff'n he didn't die, then ya'll didn't give 'em enough o' a lead!"

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