(moved from another thread)
Hi Oleg - can you please confirm in SoW the gunsight won't be "always on"?
I've read various accounts from RAF pilots recounting that they turned their sights on before entering combat, i.e. not during scramble, climb or cruise, and it would be *very* immersive to flick the thing on, have the bulb warm up and appear slowly on the reflector. Presumably there were bulb wear concerns back in the day (and maybe gyros? these may have been caged when the sight was off?).
Having it 'always on' in the hanger or on the runway is one of those niggling detail things that always bugged me, and I've noticed it in every interior screenshot to date.
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It was really a terrific sight and quite beautiful. First they seemed just a cloud of light as the sun caught the many glistening chromium parts of their engines, their windshields, and the spin of their airscrew discs. Then, as our squadron hurtled nearer, the details stood out. I could see the bright-yellow noses of Messerschmitt fighters sandwiching the bombers, and could even pick out some of the types. The sky seemed full of them, packed in layers thousands of feet deep. They came on steadily, wavering up and down along the horizon. 'Oh, golly,' I thought, 'golly, golly . . .'
And then any tension I had felt on the way suddenly left me. I was elated but very calm. I leaned over and switched on my reflector sight, flicked the catch on the gun button from 'Safe' to 'Fire,' and lowered my seat till the circle and dot on the reflector sight shone darkly red in front of my eyes.
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Cheers!
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