16.04.2010, 13:11
I am at work at the moment so cant give details but I have a great video that someone made to show how to take down AA. The smug b*stard (just kidding, I am jealous) calmly demonstrates by taking out each of about 8 guns round an airfield in succession in single passes with just a 1 second burst of guns. There was a whole selection of different types including a wurblewind.
What he seems to be saying though is that as long as you don't point your wing at the gun it is unlikely to hit you. He then shows that when he points his wing at the gun suddenly the shots get dangerously close. What he recommends is that you fly a loop(about 90-120 degrees) round the gun keeping your wing tip about 5 degrees below it then wing over and dive in pointing at a spot about 5-10 metres in front of the gun then just as you get in range raise the nose and walk the cannon fire on to the gun.
Basically, leaving aside lucky hits, as long as you don't point your wing or nose directly at the gun it is unlikely to hit you. This does not apply to overflying, or nearly overflying, guns though as any person who has tried bombing a heavily defended town belwo 4000m can attest. If you fly straight & level over a concentration of guns one of them will get you. You need to be flying in a curving path a few hundred meters horizontally from the gun before attacking then you need to prescribe a vertically & horizontally curving path as you dive in.
What he seems to be saying though is that as long as you don't point your wing at the gun it is unlikely to hit you. He then shows that when he points his wing at the gun suddenly the shots get dangerously close. What he recommends is that you fly a loop(about 90-120 degrees) round the gun keeping your wing tip about 5 degrees below it then wing over and dive in pointing at a spot about 5-10 metres in front of the gun then just as you get in range raise the nose and walk the cannon fire on to the gun.
Basically, leaving aside lucky hits, as long as you don't point your wing or nose directly at the gun it is unlikely to hit you. This does not apply to overflying, or nearly overflying, guns though as any person who has tried bombing a heavily defended town belwo 4000m can attest. If you fly straight & level over a concentration of guns one of them will get you. You need to be flying in a curving path a few hundred meters horizontally from the gun before attacking then you need to prescribe a vertically & horizontally curving path as you dive in.