WildBillKelsoe Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Hello, I've seen a IL-2 Shturmovik Forgotten Battles video from which, for the first time in my life, I understood the Angular mil unit of measurement, and its significance in ranging. The sight used a standard head position rest for the Spitfire sight, and so, I was trying to replicate that in the P-51, however, given the range of zoom afforded, which zoom setting should I use for defaulting the headposition to the boresight? I want to be in perfect alignment and zoom from the sight view so I can use the 70-mil ring in target distance estimation. It is very interesting indeed this stuff! Everyday, thanks to ED, I discover new things. Keep the creation up, gentlemen!!!!!!!!!!!! But a quick question. The 70-mil sight views an object of 37 feet span as how much in 600 feet? ;) AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Echo38 Posted September 20, 2012 Posted September 20, 2012 Zoom level should not affect anything to do with the gunsight. The only thing that zooming in will do is give you a larger overall picture on your monitor, at the expense of FoV.
WildBillKelsoe Posted September 21, 2012 Author Posted September 21, 2012 Zoom level should not affect anything to do with the gunsight. The only thing that zooming in will do is give you a larger overall picture on your monitor, at the expense of FoV. So, I guess we're go for it! AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Aries Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 Link to video perhaps...? I guess it's some sort of tutorial video eh? Could come in handy... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] ...the few, the proud, the remaining...
pixelpilot Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 as you zoom in and out, the 70mil ring and also the aircraft you are comparing it to while esimating range will both scale together on your monitor. whereas if you use the camera longitudinal control to move the view point further forward the sight and the aircraft ahead will change independently due to perspective. Imagine its real life, therefor forget zoom (our eyes cant do that) it is actually leaning forward to the correct place so that the gun sight ring will provide an accurate range estimate. Now we just need to figure out where that is in DCS mustang and set a custom view or even a custom curve in track IR to help you find that correct spot easily.
WildBillKelsoe Posted September 21, 2012 Author Posted September 21, 2012 Link to video perhaps...? I guess it's some sort of tutorial video eh? Could come in handy... AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Bushmanni Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 Isn't K-14 collimated which means the angular size will always be the same no matter what your head position is? DCS Finland: Suomalainen DCS yhteisö -- Finnish DCS community -------------------------------------------------- SF Squadron
Echo38 Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 Yeah, I do believe that Bushmanni is right. I'm only certain about zoom not making a difference with it, but I think that head forward-backward position shouldn't make a difference, either.
PeterP Posted September 21, 2012 Posted September 21, 2012 it will not make a different on a collimate projection.
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