Top of the morning to you all and happy 4th of July! I have a quick question. I am curious at what convergance the American .50's are most effective. Does anyone have any thoughts? I have been using anywhere from 150 to 250 convergance as I like to be close and I know of folks that pump it up to 350 or more. Thanks guys.
Are saying the same burst of bullets would be just as effective at any given convergance so long as they hit? It would seem to me like more ammo would be needed on a 400 convergance than on a 150 convergance because of the loss of energy of the bullet traveling a farther distance. Am I thinking wrong on that?If you make sure that you hit, you'll turn EA into PoS with one short burst only.
For me, any AND all MG planes whether they be 50's, 30's or 8mm's or whatever, I tighten the convergance up to 100, or 110.
And wait, wait well beyond what you want. Wait until you can get the whole plane in your sights and let 'er rip.
I blew up several planes finally with the .50's, ask around LOL
Are saying the same burst of bullets would be just as effective at any given convergance so long as they hit? It would seem to me like more ammo would be needed on a 400 convergance than on a 150 convergance because of the loss of energy of the bullet traveling a farther distance. Am I thinking wrong on that? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>No.... that's right.Originally posted by BrotherVoodoo:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">If you make sure that you hit, you'll turn EA into PoS with one short burst only.
Even if you aim perfectly you'll lose more bullets when shooting from 400m, you wont be as precise as with 180m for example.
Reason being that the bullets have a little vertical dispersion too, although Oleg 'fixed' that, so called "shotgun effect" l0ng time ago.
The most precise would of course be 100m, by the rule "the less is the better".
If you take into consideration that kinetic energy counts, it is quite clear that you need to lower your convergence because shooting from 500m (for example) should be performed rarely.
Generally speaking conv in ranges 175-275 makes wonders because .50cal is really powerful at those ranges.
I'm not kidding about .50cal power if you like give me a PM I'll send you a track with several 190 vs 51 online clashes. 190 is perhaps the most durable (tough DM) fighter you'll ever encounter with 51.
Still reduced to junk with a short .50cal burst.