Rolling in a Bf 110

[Blackdog_kt]

And here i was about to tell you "maybe Oktoberfest will see this and chime in, he'll be all or most of the advice you'll ever need"

I don't regularly fly online, but when i do i prefer full switch servers and in these cases you come across some very knowledgeable folk. I still remember you dogfighting spitfires in a 110 at 8km and winning Oktoberfest, despite the inferior aircraft and the "grenade laucher" ballistics of the Mk108 shells

In fact, if there was one piece of advice i could give you from flying the 190 that could be also applicable to the 110, is that you shouldn't scoff at the Mg151s. Set your convergence to 700m and try out some long range shots, once you get familiar with it and the amount of leading the target required, you'll be able to score hits at ranges almost nobody expects you to. Couple this with the fact that a small control/course deviation of your aircraft will translate to a bigger course deviation for your bullets and it's obvious that if you can shoot from longer ranges you don't need to maneuver that hard.

This is a serious advantage when you have a slower plane but also have more guns and close to half a minute of ammunition. Especially so if you consider Oktoberfest's advice that you have to get the kill as early as possible and even use head-on attacks to prevent the engagement from dragging on.

Setting a long convergence on the M151s you could easily score crippling damage way before the other guy is in range. Then, if he's still coming at you you can let loose with the 108s. Or he might dive out of the fight and give you a chance to follow, or break to the side in which case you can kick some rudder and start spraying in front of him, etc.

The important thing is not so much how it plays out, but the fact that (with the notable exception of the P47) most or all of the high-altitude allied fighters can be put out of action on a head on attack by a single 20mm hit, due to their liquid cooled engines. If you can shoot further out with the 20s, it means you either got the kill outright or that even in the worst case scenario the other guy has suffered some kind of damage and is on the defensive. It's like two knights jousting, the guy with the longer spear will win 9 times out of 10.

Mind you, i'm not saying the 108s are not good, all i'm saying is that if you play around with the convergence settings you could have a long range option and a short range option.
Essentially, i use the Mg151s as "assault rifles" and the Mk108s as "close range shotguns" against the big guys