Two different commands to fire guns?

Hi,

I don't understand the two way to fire guns in this plane.

There are two commands, one with just SPACE, the other one with space and a modifier.

One fire the trigger full, the other one fire the trigger half.

So, what's the difference?

Thanks

Hi,

 

I don't understand the two way to fire guns in this plane.

There are two commands, one with just SPACE, the other one with space and a modifier.

One fire the trigger full, the other one fire the trigger half.

 

So, what's the difference?

 

Thanks

First one does not yet fire, just prepares guns for firing.

Second command will actually fire guns.

It makes more sense with a stick that has two "switches" in the trigger (like TM Warthog).

In some WW2-aircraft you might have had machine guns and cannon to be used separately in slightly similar way.

Edit: sorry, thought you were asking about F-5..

Can't remember what the first detend on F-86 does.

Guess then I cannot emulate that with my X55 ;) Don't think it has two switches in the trigger...

I believe the first stage starts the guncam and second stage fires the guns.

Guncam? We can record what we fire at? :)

I've never tried the guncam, but i think there was an option in the special options menue for the Sabre to use the guncam. If turned on there will appear a black and white gun cam photo on the bottom right of the screen when the first trigger stage is pressed. That's at least what I've heard, but don't know if it's true. Never tried myself.

You can have it work as QuiGon says, when you fire the gun, or more realistically, just in the track. Enable in F-86 special options.

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But as the guncam is activated by mid pressing the trigger, does it mean that each time the sabre is firing (I mean, the real sabre), a video is made?

Well.... yes, that's what gun camera was invented for, wasn't it?

Although, OK, there were some technical differences on both sides of Iron Curtain. The real F-86's camera did a short video, while the one we have in DCS is just copied from MiG-15 module - i.e. taking a series of still photos, as the Russian gun cameras did back then.

Doesn't matter, though, as we can't save them anyway (anyone else misses the fully functional guncam as implemented in the "MiG Alley" :) ?).

Oh, we can't save them? How do we look at them then? :)

Oh, we can't save them? How do we look at them then? :)

See my comment above ;)

btw what use is the guncam? To be used as a recon plane? Or for the team to look after what plane we have shot down?

Though guess I'll try it. And as I don't have a double detent trigger, I'll put the trigger for both action (guncam AND gun) if it is possible...

So just a picture we see, and then disappear, that's that? We really need belsimtek to have this behave like the real one ^^

btw what use is the guncam? To be used as a recon plane? Or for the team to look after what plane we have shot down?

 

Though guess I'll try it. And as I don't have a double detent trigger, I'll put the trigger for both action (guncam AND gun) if it is possible...

 

So just a picture we see, and then disappear, that's that? We really need belsimtek to have this behave like the real one ^^

Not, it has no recon use. It is for debriefing (training purpose and in case of a real war to ID the aircraft as you said).

As I've never used the guncam in the Sabre I wonder if it obscures the view like it does in the MiG-21? It obscuresthe pilots view quite a bit which I really dislike.

I've never tried the guncam, but i think there was an option in the special options menue for the Sabre to use the guncam. If turned on there will appear a black and white gun cam photo on the bottom right of the screen when the first trigger stage is pressed. That's at least what I've heard, but don't know if it's true. Never tried myself.

gun cam windows comes up there, it also sucks a few frame rates..:pilotfly: