De Wilde, or armor piercing?

[klem]

I am getting decent results with this load (each wing from outside to in, both Spit and Hurri):-

AP, AP, White Tracer/incendiary (50 red reserve), DeWilde

AP to do damage and make tanks leak or kill pilot
Tracer/Incendiary to observe aim and ignite leaking fuel
DW to confirm hits (they cause a 'splash' on hits) with additional incendiary properties.

[Swoop]

Has anyone caught a 109 on fire yet? I have started a fire on a condor's elevator but never a fighter.

I thought ball ammo tended to flaten out when it hit, compared to AP that went straight through, so hitting a wing with ball could do more damage (if modelled)

Trying ball, ball, AP, AP, thinking that I hit the wings with the ball and main body with the AP.

I'm still tweaking

[Moggy]

I've managed to set a 110's ailerons on fire, looked very cool.

[klem]

I've set 109's on fire but they soon go out and carry on flying!

Self-sealing tanks?

[Hellbender]

Originally Posted by klem

I've set 109's on fire but they soon go out and carry on flying!

Self-sealing tanks?

Normally, when they come out of the explosion, they constantly lose a lots of fuel and are dry after some minutes.

Apart from that, I also had a 109 explosiong incident this night and the two guns equipped with DeWilde appeared to do the job well when you hit it from above or below at the point of convergence. However from 6 o clock I rarely can ignite or explode a 109.

[T}{OR]

AP / De Wilde on every gun except on the inner 2 - AP / Tracer.

Works more or less OK for me.

[BadAim]

Mine is similar to Kristorf's. I alternate guns rather than belting though, I.E. #1 AP, #2 DeWilde, etc. I put white tracer every fourth on the outside only with the last eighty red. I feel this gives the best destructive balance.