Gunnery totally strange

Meek · #1 03-31-2011, 08:17 PM

I have experienced this too, however, I'm quite ignorant about ballistics and WW2, so I'm especially ignorant about WW2-era ballistics.

I assumed it was because of the movement of the aircraft, it slightly "slinged" the bullets in the direction of the yaw, kind of like an incredibly weak (with effects visible at range) Wanted-esque bullet curving.

Dunno if it's realistic or not, that's just what I made of it.

Biggs · #2 03-31-2011, 11:34 PM

Im not sold on it just being "graphical" there have been several instances where the bullet stream missed completely do to this issue... if your saying it didnt mess with teh physics of it then i should have definitely got hits.... Im talking about closer than .20 away and time slowed by 1/4, theres no way you can miss... yet the bullet stream looks to have missed.

TheGrunch · #3 03-31-2011, 11:56 PM

Did no one read Herra Tohtori's post? It's about the effect of relative wind on the bullets. If you're not in co-ordinated flight they will go further in the direction of slip because the relative wind hits the side of the bullet.

David Hayward · #4 04-01-2011, 12:16 AM

Biggs, do you see the same thing from the external view?

Biggs · #5 04-01-2011, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by David Hayward

Biggs, do you see the same thing from the external view?

yep

baronWastelan · #6 04-01-2011, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by TheGrunch

Did no one read Herra Tohtori's post? It's about the effect of relative wind on the bullets. If you're not in co-ordinated flight they will go further in the direction of slip because the relative wind hits the side of the bullet.

Sounds great to me! Can you setup a wind in FMB, say 100 MPH, and fire while sitting still on the ground and see the effect that way? I suppose you could man a side gunner position on a bomber in flight and see the deflection that way, if such a position is available to the player

He 111 maybe??