Re: Question About Spitfire Gun Aiming...

On Mon, 21 May 2007 15:15:54 GMT, The Amaurotean Capitalist
<g.j.bailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Also, given that most strafing involved an increasing amount of 'point
nose downwards' to counter-act the forward motion of the aircraft, I
suspect the pilots involved preferred to have their initial fire
undershoot rather than overshoot the target; the former would at least
get them out of having to increase their nose-down attitude whilst
already in a shallow dive towards the surface of the sea.

Gavin Bailey

The secret is a bit of nose-down trim so you can ease off the back
pressure a bit during the firing period along with a steeper dive
angle so that the rate of transit across the ground (i.e. size of
impact footprint) is reduced.

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com
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