LA5 vs. Convergence

[Slade]

Hello,

I usually use 275 in planes for convergence.  Not flying the LA5 much I started it there but could not hit a barn.  I figured their nose mounted so I set it out to 500.  I had a great and sustained fire solution on a 190 at low altitude.  Perfect for testing convergence!  Emptied my guns without getting a hit of significance.

What am I doing wrong, where do you LA5 experts find is the most effective convergence?

Thanks for your advice,

Slade 

[Vulcan]

russian 20mm ballistics are arse... I usually go for 300 yard conv on the yak guns.

[SirNuke]

Shvak 20mm has a low projectile speed and high drop off, aim like you would with german 30mm and you should be fine

[Slade]

Ahh thanks guys.  I did not factor that in at all.  That makes so much sense.

Thanks! 

[icepac]

The "convergence setting" in aces high does both vertical and horizontal.

I like to engage planes way out so I have some pretty strange settings but I did use the .target command and extreme zoom to ensure that all bullets pass through the same spot of the target.

You might have to set some guns way crazy to get the bullets of multiple gun type planes to not fly over or shoot under your opponent.

[save]

hm I have 500 convergence on my FW190A8..

[FLS]

Hello,

I usually use 275 in planes for convergence.  Not flying the LA5 much I started it there but could not hit a barn.  I figured their nose mounted so I set it out to 500.  I had a great and sustained fire solution on a 190 at low altitude.  Perfect for testing convergence!  Emptied my guns without getting a hit of significance.

What am I doing wrong, where do you LA5 experts find is the most effective convergence?

Thanks for your advice,

Slade 

Try using 275 for the La5.  I think it'd best to keep the same convergence you've trained yourself with.

[BuckShot]

I get most of my kills at less than 300 so I set most planes between 250 and 300.

If I know I'm bomber hunting I'll set them further out....if I remember to do it.

[The Fugitive]

Try using 275 for the La5.  I think it'd best to keep the same convergence you've trained yourself with.

This!

Convergence is a personal thing. You develop a certain picture in your head when lining up shots....... when the target is about "here" as compared to the pipper I shoot. Your picture, my picture, FLS's picture are all a bit different.

What I find works best is to film a lot of your fights. Watch the films and note the range in the far right column in the viewer of when you shoot. Not so much when you "hit" but when you shoot. Next take your favorite plane up and set your guns to that range. Bring up the target (.targetxxx where "xxx" equals your range number) and fire a few rounds. Check the hits and adjust the range to bring them as close to the center as you can get.

Knowing "when" you shoot from watching the films cuts out the "learning" when to shoot part of targeting, unless of course your shooting at 600 or more. Most guns your just wasting ammo at that range. 

[bustr]

Here is the datat sheet for the ShVAK 20mm round. 800m\sec, it shoots flat(3in) to 200m and drops 24in by 400m. VVS aircraft had a mark on the back of their props to adjust the center of their optical gunsight to 200m. 200m = 219yd

If you have problems with the twin 20 on the La5 hood, you probably have similar problems with the Yak and 109.


Data sheet in Russian.