Saving "centered" views in german airplanes with gunsights on the right side.

[303_Bies]

Is there some easy way to save "centered" views in german airplanes with gunsights on the right side?

I know it's possible to just move the head more or less left to more or less center the view and save this position using F10, but i'm wondering is there some simpler/more precise way?

cheers

[RedKestrel]

I think this is the only way to do it. Maybe there is some kind of ini file somewhere that records the default head positions that you could modify to be more precise, but it seems like that would be more work than just doing it with the F10 thing.

[Wolfram-Harms]

Didn't even know THAT key - thx for the tip!

[1./KG4_OldJames]

28 minutes ago, raaaid said:

ive always thought sims virtual pilots were dwarfs

 

a real gunsight its at your chest height, you dcuk to aim, thats why they have pads on the gunsigth so you rest your face agaisnt it

I had no idea about that, is that true with all the aircraft?

[LukeFF]

5 minutes ago, 1./KG4_OldJames said:

I had no idea about that, is that true with all the aircraft?

 

As usual, he's talking straight-up bullcrap. The gunsight padding was to protect the pilot's face in case of a hard landing.

[VesseL]

37 minutes ago, raaaid said:

ive always thought sims virtual pilots were dwarfs

 

a real gunsight its at your chest height, you dcuk to aim, thats why they have pads on the gunsigth so you rest your face agaisnt it

 

Yes thats interesting, and it sounds logical too, but i dont know.

 

 

edit Ok so no, and it woud hit your face hard if some bumb would happen.

Edited April 27, 2018 by VesseL

[Wolfram-Harms]

33 minutes ago, raaaid said:

a real gunsight its at your chest height, you dcuk to aim, thats why they have pads on the gunsigth so you rest your face agaisnt it

 

Not in a Bf 109, raaaid - the gunsight was in front of your face.
The whole cockpit situation was even more crammed than in this sim.

 

 

[Poochnboo]

8 minutes ago, 1./KG4_OldJames said:

a real gunsight its at your chest height, you dcuk to aim, thats why they have pads on the gunsigth so you rest your face agaisnt it

Having no way to tell, I really do have to assume that this was a joke. You can't have made a statement that dumb and been serious.

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, VesseL said:

 

1 hour ago, raaaid said:

ive seen the 777 team videos with the gunsight at chest sight, i suppose it differs from plane to plane

 

No, you haven't. Quit it with nonsense replies already.

Edited April 27, 2018 by LukeFF

[VesseL]

Thanks Luke, I can allways count on your attention .

[RedKestrel]

41 minutes ago, raaaid said:

ive always thought sims virtual pilots were dwarfs

 

a real gunsight its at your chest height, you dcuk to aim, thats why they have pads on the gunsigth so you rest your face agaisnt it

LOL I can just imagine, I'm getting lined up behind the Hun, screaming down on him at 500 km/h in my shiny new Yak-1.

And then, at the last second, I hunch my head down to chest height like Quasimodo, press my face against the glass reflector sight, and let Fritz have it. 

I'm gonna put some padding around my monitor so I can do this IRL. 

[Wolfram-Harms]

They had no forward downward visibility. See this video - how deep the Spit pilot is sitting, and where the gunsight is right in front of his face.

 

 

[Thad]

"sims are wrong". Absolute blasphemy.  

[Wolfram-Harms]

11 minutes ago, raaaid said:

btw check your own argument

 

I checked it, raaaid - live, in the Luftwaffe Museum Gatow, Berlin. I have seen the Bf 109 cockpit with my own eyes.

Some cockpits offer more space in height, but never very much. Perhaps these videos will show it better.

 

 

 

[Rjel]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

 

As usual, he's talking straight-up bullcrap. The gunsight padding was to protect the pilot's face in case of a hard landing.

You sir, nailed it.

[Field-Ops]

8 hours ago, Wolfram-Harms said:

 

I checked it, raaaid - live, in the Luftwaffe Museum Gatow, Berlin. I have seen the Bf 109 cockpit with my own eyes.

Some cockpits offer more space in height, but never very much. Perhaps these videos will show it better.

Those videos are still a treat to watch after not seeing them for a couple years. Thanks Wolfram