Proper Gunsight/Convergence Calibration

[Scavenger]

A convergence is one thing, and gunsight tweaking is another. de-facto gunsight is a range meter. For example the Bf-109 has 32 ft wingspan. Thus we adjust lower ring to 32. Then we set upper ring on 300 yards.


When wingtips of Bf-109 will touch inner ends of horizontal lines it will be 300 yards range.

And a convergence is another messed story. Vertical means horizontal in game and vice versa.

[AMVI_Superblu]

Originally Posted by Scavenger

And a convergence is another messed story. Vertical means horizontal in game and vice versa.

Are they really reversed ?
Didn't notice that because i always use the same for vertical and horizontal !
Bad joke from devs

[swiss]

I just checked - THEY ARE!


vertical->lateral
horizontal-> vertical

S.o. post as bug report please.


edit: factory specs for 109C3:
http://www.uploadarea.de/upload/wakn...fovutms4n.html

[Scavenger]

devs are informed about convergence bug, but... ya know

[IvanK]

Originally Posted by swiss

I just checked - THEY ARE!


vertical->lateral
horizontal-> vertical

S.o. post as bug report please.


edit: factory specs for 109C3:
http://www.uploadarea.de/upload/wakn...fovutms4n.html

How did you check ?

[swiss]

Originally Posted by IvanK

How did you check ?

tried max settings, visual check.

[Skoshi Tiger]

Adjusting the gunsight for distance does nothing to alter the convergence of the guns.

It just moves the horizontal bars displayed on the gun sight closer or further apart. It does not alter the aim vertically in any way.

In sim as in real life, Changing the distance on the sight does not alter the bullet path on the screen.

To change convergence you need to get a set of spanners and alter the angles that the guns are mounted in the wings. Not practical in flight.

It is a useful way to judge distance to target. To calculate the distance you are from target. Set the wing span on the sight, agjust the distance until the gap meets the wingspan of the target object , then read the distance from the scale. Make any adjustments to your aim and understand that your not firing at convergence distance.


Cheers

[Robo.]

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Adjusting the gunsight for distance does nothing to alter the convergence of the guns.

It just moves the horizontal bars displayed on the gun sight closer or further apart. It does not alter the aim vertically in any way.

In sim as in real life, Changing the distance on the sight does not alter the bullet path on the screen.

To change convergence you need to get a set of spanners and alter the angles that the guns are mounted in the wings. Not practical in flight.

It is a useful way to judge distance to target. To calculate the distance you are from target. Set the wing span on the sight, agjust the distance until the gap meets the wingspan of the target object , then read the distance from the scale. Make any adjustments to your aim and understand that your not firing at convergence distance.

Cheers

Convergence is one thing and setting your gyro is another thing. This thread is about:

http://airwarfare.com/sow/index.php?...ery&Itemid=159

and about how the 'range to target' bit changed in last patches e.g. you don't enter the convergence distance times two anymore. No one ever assumed you would adjust your brownings in flight

[PeterPanPan]

For anyone who hasn't seen it, I can highly recommend Dart's fantastic video tutorials made originally for IL2 1946.

Using the gun sight to determine range

http://www.darts-page.com/movies/Ran...onvergence.zip

PPP