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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Cajunn on April 14, 2009, 11:39:05 PM
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Can anyone tell me for what reason in some rides is the gun sight is offset and not centered. :salute
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People are generally more dominant in one eye (usually the right) rather than the other. By having an offset sight, the pilot would not have to lean in order to align his dominant eye with the gun sight. This doesn't really give either a centered or offset gun sight an advantage, it's just another way to do things.
It seems more awkward in the game, as your monitor is only a single point of view, as opposed to two MkI eyeballs.
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oh ok, thank you...... :aok
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Actually, it is a backup, "manual" gun sight in case the reflector sight burns out.
A reflector sight is the first "Heads Up Display" type sight. The sight is projected on an angled piece of glass in front of the pilot at "infinity" so the sight and the target are in focus at the same time.
The "extra" sight is an old "ring and bead" type sight that is already set up "just in case" or can be swung into position.
On of the problems with early P-38s was the bulb in the sight burning out. I've read accounts of pilots having to replace the bulb after turning it on right before a fight.
In our P-47D-11 you will notice the reflector sight is offset to the Right and the auxiliary ring and bead sight is offset to the left. This is because the windscreen is made up of two pieces connected in the middle in a wedge shape instead of a flat, single piece of glass as in later P-47s. The straight forward view in the D-11 is bisected by the frame.
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the val has 2 sight also, I have assumed the one on the left is for dive bombing and the one on the right is for shooting. Is this so?
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Actually, it is a backup, "manual" gun sight in case the reflector sight burns out.
A reflector sight is the first "Heads Up Display" type sight. The sight is projected on an angled piece of glass in front of the pilot at "infinity" so the sight and the target are in focus at the same time.
The "extra" sight is an old "ring and bead" type sight that is already set up "just in case" or can be swung into position.
On of the problems with early P-38s was the bulb in the sight burning out. I've read accounts of pilots having to replace the bulb after turning it on right before a fight.
In our P-47D-11 you will notice the reflector sight is offset to the Right and the auxiliary ring and bead sight is offset to the left. This is because the windscreen is made up of two pieces connected in the middle in a wedge shape instead of a flat, single piece of glass as in later P-47s. The straight forward view in the D-11 is bisected by the frame.
That's a good read, thanks for sharing!
But I believe Cajunn was talking of the actual gunsight, not the ring 'n bead one. The reflector-sight was often offset in the cockpit aswell.
When I still flew I sometimes only used the spare-sight, it was pretty usefull!