Thanks for all the info and links everyone. I have not had the chance to go through ALL of it yet, but I will before flying again
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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
That's a nice find, but i have never been able to read it. Is there any kind of English translation floating around?
Most of all i'd like to see if there's a more "scientific" way of determining lead by angle-off, so that i don't have to do it by experience alone.
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Translation issue: go to translate.google.com and input the adress to the finnish version (that's what I did, works, though a bit cryptic at times. Very interesting and good advice for pilots on how to simplify things).
Angle-off: The only scientific way is to use geometry :p I mentally see the flight path of the aircraft ahead of it, with a target box indicating where to shoot at any given moment. But this box is often way off, and I fail to compute if speed is not slow and angle-off is beyond say, 60 degrees. I can think well in 3D so the flight path line starts from making a line between the tail and the center of the nose, then it keeps projecting.
This does not solve the angle-off-tail determination if going about it less intuitively. I took a moment to think about this issue before writing the post.. I recommend that you go into the model viewer in IL-2 and look at the aircraft you mostly face. Look at which angle the wing of the aircraft closest to you protrudes as far as the nose, then memorize what angle this was. Repeat with wing on the other side of the aircraft (away from you) - at some point the wing will be at the same point as the rear elevator, and if a bit more, it will be the same as the stabilizer (disappears and is unobservable past this angle).
The steps above can be repeated from the front aspect of the aircraft, then comparing the wing on your side to the stabilizer and the outer wing to the nose.
It's something at least. It works even if there is some vertical variation (from below/above) somewhat as well.