The problem with firing a long burst is that you waste a lot of ammo if your siting is off, which generally the case with all of us.
The way I went about it, was to practise deflection shooting, using short bursts to site the target. Once you have the target 'sited', feel free to blast it, but here's another point.
With short burst, you start doing incremental damage, making it harder for the target to fly. This makes it easier to target in subsequent bursts, where once you have it nailed, you can pour as much lead into it as you're got.
Perfecting deflection shooting is great for high-G moves, as is this game the G-wing stress looks to be connected to shell damage, and wings and bits fall off much easier.
