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Old September 26th 03, 03:56 AM
QDurham
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Take a look at the instruments on the panel when they do that. No matter what
the airplane is doing on the screen the indicators always show zero RPM,
straight and level, field elevation, zero climb/dive....etc.


Also, based on my SNJ experience 50 years ago, pull + g's and the tracers
apparently droop out of the gun. Go for - gs and they arc gracefully upwards.
Kijk rudder and they apparently slew to omne side or the other -- depending.
Pull hard +gs and the rate of fire sl;ows dramaticaly -- probably due to the
increased "weight" of ammo belt. Pull -gs and the rate of fire picks up
considerably.

Air to air gunnery, as discussed here, is miserably hard to do. Like sitting
on your front porch trying to aim your house. Also fun.

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