i didnt mean a tiny sun sized clip, dancing along wiht the sun while turning, i meant a "smaller" clip maybe 1/8 the screen or less blocking an area no in the main line of sight.
example:
i am fighting an enemy who i am on the 6 of, he desides to try and make a extension. he goes towards the sun so i have an obscured view of him. it obsucres his front view, but that is of no consequence. he is hoping the sun obscuring my vision of him will help him make either a reversal, or escape manuever.
i use the clipboard to block part of the sun (like the canopy bars do) to gain an advantage, which he is unaware of. i am no longer effected by the sun and hence not hindered in my view of him.
yes that is a single situation, but there are many others. imagine i spend the time setting up attacking bombers form the sun. my line might not be perfect, but close enough. the bomber gunner though uses the clipboard to mask the effect of the sun on the side of my attack. now he has a perfect line of sight as if i was attacking from anywhere.
hell it was just an observation i came up with, and thought maybe some others in AH might see the same possibilities, guess all they want to do is flame like HiTech said.