Convergence unit of measurement?

[fifi]

Sorry for this noob question , but where do you set your convergence and wing span ingame?
I figured out how to set the gun sight though...

[Insuber]

Convergence is in the plane setup menu, with gun belting.

Wingspan is a setting of the gunsight, you must do it while in the cockpit, by playing with the knobs below the reflector gunsight.

Cheers,
Ins

[fifi]

Ok! Thanks Insuber

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

From early days I wrote down on a post it note the wingspan measurements of the enemy aircraft in COD and stuck it on my monitor.

It surprising how quickly you remember these measurements when looking at them everyday.But it was also reasuring having them there to act as an aid memoir.

As regards convergence,whilst being interview a few years ago Pete Brothers from 32 Sqn said that he would have his convergence set at 50 yards which is an amazingly short distance.

He said that he would make surprise attacks,get right up close and then blast away,having to do this to make up for the poor knock down power of the .303 rifle round that made up the Brit ammo in his Hurri.

The Brit RAF command did not like this idea,in 1939 the std convergence was 400 yards,which obviously carried over into 1940.I think they allowed the aces to do as they pleased and would turn a blind eye to this practice.

[klem]

Initially it was a roughly rectangular pattern (I think about 4' x 4') at 400 yds to give 'the average pilot' a chance of hitting the target. It was later reduced to point harmonisation at 250yds.

I can't locate any official documents just now but this may help:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=v...rgence&f=false


The ammo loadout is interesting but I know that changed quickly to include DeWilde incendiary when it became available. TBH my loadout does not include Ball, I use 4xAP, 2xTracer/Incendiary and 2xDeWilde and I imagine that may have been frowned on, possibly even due to cost.

[Osprey]

You can't set it lower than 100m in game anyway, so I set 136 and close the sight to 150yards.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Yeah.......you're right,I should have pointed this out,50 yards to us is pretty acedemic in COD.

[SlipBall]

Game restriction to 100m is not historically correct...bugtracker anyone

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Agreed............surely it would'nt take much for the devs to correct this.