Wierd ball of fire over Stalingrad

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by manintrees

I'm on a PS3.

After I saw it my first thought was "What the hell was that?" my second thought was "I hope someone on the boards has also seen it or this will be one weird post". I'm assuming that what I witnessed was just a glitch, buy it was strange as there was no plane; just a smoking ball of flame cruising along.

On the topic of that Stalingrad mission; is the point just to intercept each group of fighters/bombers as they come in? If I stay with one group too long the mission ends saying I took too long. Also, maybe I'm not leading my targets enough but I am having a hell of a time taking out the enemy with the I-16. I play on realistic.

Luckily, you have a Soviet Ace to assist you. First off, the I-16 is touchy on where your leading its guns. You've already experienced this first hand, so I won't go over that. But to get to the meat of the problem, it's probably at the angle your targeting your enemy. If it's a steep climb after them, just fire when the target is just a bit above your nose cowling. This should just poke some cannon rounds into their engine, or the cockpit if your fast enough?

Second, if your turning or diving etc. you want to use the little marks on the optical sight to know when to fire. Just adjust your angle just a bit, not to much or you'll end up over shooting or firing behind them. So using the little markers on the optical sight will help you greatly. It works for me, and every other Soviet plane I fly