convergencies-please post yours

[Cold_Gambler]

I'm going to speak heresy:

Your convergencies (and joystick settings) do not matter.

OK- that's not quite true especially with respect to AC with multiple MGs and no cannons, but what I mean is that more important than any particular settings is practicing and getting familiar with one set of convergencies that suit your type of gunnery.

In my case, I tend not to suscribe to the "wait 'til you see the white of his eyes" technique- if that is yours, then with multiple low calibre MGs you probably want convergencies around 100-200.

If you're like me and you tend to take many high-deflection and long range pot-shots (from as far as 700) then you are probably well-served with choosing convergencies of around 300 and practicing and practicing and practicing until you get a feel for where the rounds go.

Having that higher convergence gives, I think, a bit more spread in your cone of fire and increases the chance of getting "lucky" hits of attriotion rather than a moment of kablooie instant destruction.

One final comment, hub/center mounted cannons can be set to quite high convergence (say 700) as this affects the "lob" of the rounds rather than the "centering" of the rounds; having a high convergence therefore makes deflection shots in turns easier as the rounds at targets at distances of less than 700 (if that's your setting) will go "above" (ie: more into the turn) the pipper.

Again though, in my view, the specific convergence you choose if you are going to be shooting from any position other than from behind at short range doesn't really matter; far more important is practicing with only one convergence (with one AC as it changes with each different fighter) and getting to "know" where your rounds will go.

My 2cents....

Cheers,

C_G

[Can_Goose]

1000, that way I don't have to worry about how close I am to the target.

[taldrg]

Salute All,

[Tonar]

LoL

Got it all figured out don't ya Taldrg.

I have a personal question about your Corsair flying. were you in combat? and what were the real life convergences? They weren't in Meters were they?

[taldrg]

~S~ Tonar,

[Nightwarrior]

I have the cannons at 250m at the moment and the MG's at 300m but I think i go further down between 200 and 250. I started with the standard thing at 500 but I didn't hit a think. Now that I went down I started to shoot planes down. I'm still in the learning fase:)

Gr AJ

[delta7]

{RANT MODE FULL ON }

[BBloke]

LMAO.. I get that in Zeke's all the time.

[Friar]

i have just recently set mine to 200 for both (down from 250) and i am starting to believe, that for me I have found the right place. flying a practice mission off line (which i know can be different because of lag) in a 190 a5 ata with a wingman taking on 4 hurris which were escorting 4 c47's. i managed to nail 7 of the eight planes before doing something stupid and crashing. although the convergence is at 200, i read somewhere that they leave the plane in a flatter tradjectory and have been able to nail planes at .25 to .32 much better that when i had it set to 250.

[cannon_fodder]

Has anyone proved if the convergence settings affect the range of the guns in game??

does convergence effect nose weapons in game?how?

for the "wing mounted machinegun only" fighters I set 200m.

I set this only because it was a historicaly value (according to a book on the Mk1 /Mk2 spit "lacking the hitting power of german cannons the eight .303 were harmonised to converge at 200 yards. At this distance 100 bullets per second should arrive consentrated in a small area"). The old Quantity v Quality arguement.

Give me my 30mm nose cannon any time .As im so bad at aiming ,if by some miricle I actually mange to hit anything

[GreyKnight]

does convergence effect nose weapons in game?how?

Yes, convergence alter its trajectory.

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Has anyone proved if the convergence settings affect the range of the guns in game??

I haven't proved it, but since nose mounted guns have their trajectory altered, I would assume their range could be theoretically increased. Therefore I assume this wouldn't work for wing mounted weapons.

[cannon_fodder]

Grey Knight

Sorry I must remember to set my brains supercharger to stage 2 when trying to think at high level.

You are of course correct that convergence works on all weapons ,wherever they are mounted.

If they are wing mounted the convergence sets a horizontal angle (akin to tracking on your cars front tires) AND a vertical angle to get the range (like any rifle)

If they are nose mounted they STILL need the vertical angle to counter bullet drop.

So to contine this thought the convergence setting in game is THE ONLY RANGE at which your gunsight is truly accurate.

There fore this distance needs to be the same for both weapons and set to the match the pilots preferred firing range.

If you set your convergence to 400m your shots will fly over the top of your target at 200m.

If set to 100m your shots will drop short of a target at 200m+

Of course this is only academic for me as I rarely have any thing in front of me to practice on........

[guitarman68]

Hitting your target is so yesterday (i wish)

[cannon_fodder]

Hitting your target is so yesterday (i wish)

You are the only person that Ive ever shot down!!

Does using the undercart count as a "shoot down"??

PS you still owe be that Sceen shot !!!

[Baron von Dragin]

I see that most pilots have changed thiers from default ,time for a change to mine

[Klinger]

If you set your guns to diverge, you can take 2 targets at once, if you're good.

[delta7]

some guides-

http://ww2airfronts.org/Flight%20School ... -44-0.html

http://home.austin.rr.com/jg13/fw190gunnery/Horrido.doc

http://www.darts-page.com/files/gunnery.zip

[JensenPark]

some guides-

http://ww2airfronts.org/Flight%20School ... -44-0.html

http://home.austin.rr.com/jg13/fw190gunnery/Horrido.doc

http://www.darts-page.com/files/gunnery.zip

Or 5 targets - if you are BBloke.

I use varying...early Zero's (which I fly alot on Zekes) is at 250.

[Cold_Gambler]

Notwithstanding my previous post on this subject, I've reset my convergencies for the Me109 G2 for the Italy SEOW to 500 and 500 as I find that I can get better "over the nose" deflection shots. This likely works for that aircraft, rather than others, because the mgs and cannon are on the nose rather than wing-mounted.

[delta7]

Notwithstanding my previous post on this subject, I've reset my convergencies for the Me109 G2 for the Italy SEOW to 500 and 500 as I find that I can get better "over the nose" deflection shots. This likely works for that aircraft, rather than others, because the mgs and cannon are on the nose rather than wing-mounted.

500 is common with the 109 fliers I have talked to on warclouds- looks like it works for you mate

with my new rig Im back down to 150 as the draw rate etc is very good so I dont get that slight stutter as it goes from dot to lod to shape that I used to get -

Im also flying p-51s and p-47s more and think I was firing under my 200 m range as it ties in with darts tutorial here

http://www.simhq.com/_air10/air_312a.html

200 is probably good for spits and fws

275 has been quoted as good for 109s but I had 500 for a while

in truth I still cant hit shit so just keep playing and hope for a miracle

[BBloke]

I'm currently just using two....

250 for mostly everything but I drop to 200 when its Japanese and sometimes in the P51.

[Tonar]

200 across the board. unless I am shooting up convoys. then I move them out to 450.

[BBloke]

Or 5 targets - if you are BBloke.

Not quite sure what that means!

[DoubleTap]

I keep finding myself switching back and forth, although I seem to rarely fly wing mounted cannon aircraft at all, so it is usually all MG's we're talking about.

I was at 300 for a while, and played around with 250, and as close as 150, although that did not last long.

I am loathe to make my convergence shorter than 250 min, because I too often find myself with an opponent dancing out beyond 300m.

[delta7]

planes that have the worse drop are those with slow rate of fire- obvious examples are the 30mm german cannon but the early zeros are also bad- later marks have the same 20mm as the german planes.

easiest to hit with are .50s as they have high rate of fire

not sure about italian planes