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Zif · 6 November 2009, 03:58 AM

I am not an aviator either, though having a long sim experience with Red Baron I & II and 3d with Western Front patches

This means I absolutely don't have a clue on how to to fly a WWI plane and how to effectively shot.

Well, you can find some help from real pilots autobiographies and letters, and I rememebr I never have heard anyone bringing down planes from a long distances, apart lucky shots, like the one which bring down Richtofen in 1917.

You easily find reports of MVR around, where he talk of distances like 30-40m, I got some from

Francesco Baracca which talks of such close distances too, maybe closer too when he used to fly a Nieuport 11 and shot "under the belly" of Austro-Hungarian recon planes.

To fire from more than 100 m to an enemy target would be a waste of ammo, in my opionion

Anyway, while I used to PLAY :P I had the better way from 0-60 m. But that was a game.

6 November 2009, 03:58 AM	#25 (permalink)
Zif Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Chieti Posts: 171	I am not an aviator either, though having a long sim experience with Red Baron I & II and 3d with Western Front patches This means I absolutely don't have a clue on how to to fly a WWI plane and how to effectively shot. Well, you can find some help from real pilots autobiographies and letters, and I rememebr I never have heard anyone bringing down planes from a long distances, apart lucky shots, like the one which bring down Richtofen in 1917. You easily find reports of MVR around, where he talk of distances like 30-40m, I got some from Francesco Baracca which talks of such close distances too, maybe closer too when he used to fly a Nieuport 11 and shot "under the belly" of Austro-Hungarian recon planes. To fire from more than 100 m to an enemy target would be a waste of ammo, in my opionion Anyway, while I used to PLAY :P I had the better way from 0-60 m. But that was a game.