Tracer Ammunition

[OOZ662]

I alternate. After a switch, I'll find myself landing many more hits. Eventually I'll start spraying or missing. Switching them back on/off at that point usually corrects me. Though I do prefer to have them off so that the enemy can't tell I'm firing as easily.

[Vudu15]

But your a pig Vudu

I mean not a Pig on the Wing...but a pig in general...killing everything in sight...no negotiation...kill em all and let god sort em out...

One man wrecking crew...I have seen it too many times in Spec Events

 

lol well ty sir much better shot/sticks out there than me. but I do hate to let go of a tgt once I've latched a hold.......

[guncrasher]

coming from behind a guy, tracers or not tracers he should be dead.  if he isnt your aim is bad.  it has nothing to do with tracers on or off.

anyway if you have your sounds set up right, not only can you hear the other plane's engine as he's closer to you, but you should also hear the guns shooting.  but there's no reason why you should get killed from behind, unless you have bad sa.  tracers or not tracers have nothing to do with you getting killed, it's the bad sa that got you.

as for tracers themselves, there's not way to say one way or the other is better.  it's like flying a plane, some do good in ponies some do good in 109's.  nothing wrong with either one.  it's what you do with it, that matters.

it's silly to argue otherwise.

semp

[Wiley]

coming from behind a guy, tracers or not tracers he should be dead.  if he isnt your aim is bad.  it has nothing to do with tracers on or off.

I agree at reasonable gunnery ranges.  At icon 800 trying to extend, I'd contend there's some value to him not seeing the tracers.  Yes, if he's completely unoccupied he might hear the shots, but if he's preoccupied, he might not notice a noise where he'd definitely notice tracers going over his cockpit.

If you can hit without tracers, why not add that to your repertoire?  Myself I choose to leave them on, but I saw that happen often when I had them off.

Wiley.

[guncrasher]

I agree at reasonable gunnery ranges.  At icon 800 trying to extend, I'd contend there's some value to him not seeing the tracers.  Yes, if he's completely unoccupied he might hear the shots, but if he's preoccupied, he might not notice a noise where he'd definitely notice tracers going over his cockpit.

If you can hit without tracers, why not add that to your repertoire?  Myself I choose to leave them on, but I saw that happen often when I had them off.

Wiley.

I have never flown without tracers.  never been interested in flying without.  and I look at them as the argument about planes.  which one is better.

semp