[AJD-NZ]

First of all caldrail, the subject of this thread is shooting down betty's with a Hurricane MkIIb, using this sim, it is not about you or your assumptions (young man indeed !).
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Thats the trouble with us Brits. We do rise to challenges

But essentially the issue with convergence in this thread is how best to exploit that feature, which is not entirely realistic in its application. Some might agree, others won't. IL2 is a game and the methods of conducting operations within are not exactly as complex or historical as it was in the 1940's. After all, you decide what aircraft you fly, what weapons it carries, what mission it flies on. There's no risk of official punishment for unfortunate disgressions or mistakes, and generally speaking, very little command structure impinging on the players activities. Thats not an assumption, it's the difference between strapping in to an aeroplane going to war and clicking on an icon on your desktop safe in your own home.

With reference to shooting down betty's with .303's, they are big tragets, albeit vulnerable ones. I tend to target engines - I don't know about other peoples preferences. An engine fire will often cause a bomber to drop its bombs prematurely or the crew to bail out.

Now... Strictly speaking this is a little cowardly and I don't usually do this, but since this is a game and we all want an advantage to play from... When attacking bombers, stand off and wait for someone else to close in. The bombers gunners will focus their fire on him. Then go in and target at will with lesser risk of enemy fire.

Fair suck of the sav ! good on ya cobber, sounds like ya plucked up the courage, flew up & gave those Betty's a good snotting :!:
Now imagine me as one of the crew in a Betty & you might also be tempted to shoot them in their parachutes
If you think that was too easy, download "The Battle of Britain, moving DF" that I uploaded, because although they're not Betty's its still good practice.
Just for the record, my mother who was 10 or 11yrs old at the time, told me she used to watch the Dogfights over London. My father (who was from Farnborough, Hant's), lied about his age, joined up & was in north Africa, when he was 17yrs old. Then later, in the bomb squad in London & with the invasion forces at Normandy & occupation of Germany.
As far as sitting at a desk & clicking an icon goes, my 30yr old son, who works as a graphic designer & is a self confessed computer nerd. Shot a deer last week & carried it out of rugged bush country, for over a kilometre, on his own. hock:


My father passed away in 1995, but these are some of his badges from that time.


By the way "Moggy" I think I made it quite clear that I was not going down that road :wink: