28 replies to this topic

[Grimez]

I just got my rockets for my P-40. I know how to shoot them but i don't know how to lock on. No one in game will answer me, how do i do this?

[GoodGuy2U]

R button. be careful, they have a limited range.

[Schmitty9669_VF84]

They are Unguided Rockets, just Aim and Shoot.  Also, like mentioned above, they have limited range, so watch how close you are.  When your Targeting Que Enlarges, you know your in range.

Edited by schmitty9669, 20 November 2012 - 12:50 AM.

[spittoon]

they are pretty hard to use well, much harder than cannons...  but soooo satisfying when they connect

there's no 'lock' at all, so apply liberally...

they travel slowly, in an shallow arc, so aim high and far ahead... practice in a 'single battle'

[Crag_r]

Grimez, on 20 November 2012 - 12:38 AM, said:

I just got my rockets for my P-40. I know how to shoot them but i don't know how to lock on. No one in game will answer me, how do i do this?

No rocket lock on... This is the twenties to early fifties after all  

[Grimez]

@Crag yeah, i know that. but the fact that it said 'target not locked' down in the bottom left made it seem that they could lock on.

[Haswell]

The bottem-left window shows which target you are currently targeting. You have to work to get the plane within your sights though.

[Grimez]

Yeah, i know.

[stealth250]

Grimez, on 20 November 2012 - 03:47 AM, said:

Yeah, i know.

great now because you know everything let talk about something else, shall we?

[Crag_r]

Now all you have to do is learn how to launch them at other fighters  

[pavemint]

Fire a burst 1st, if you hit strafing, fire a rocket and it should be on target.

[darkjabroni]

Max range for P-40 rockets is about 3000 ft, if you're within that, fire away.

Crag_r, on 21 November 2012 - 08:13 PM, said:

Now all you have to do is learn how to launch them at other fighters

I have shot down so many 410s with rockets in head on passes. Only 410s though oddly enough.

Edited by darkjabroni, 23 November 2012 - 01:49 AM.

[Heh]

darkjabroni, on 23 November 2012 - 01:48 AM, said:

Max range for P-40 rockets is about 3000 ft, if you're within that, fire away.

I have shot down so many 410s with rockets in head on passes. Only 410s though oddly enough.

So those same 410s can't use their 210mm flying bombs to do the same to you? D:

[rayman55321]

I loaded what I Thought were bombs on my I 16.  Could not figure out why they did not drop when I hit the B button!!  lol  But I do love my new rockets, kill 1-2 planes each battle with them.  Those poor plane just blow up!!  

[darkjabroni]

Heh, on 23 November 2012 - 07:22 PM, said:

So those same 410s can't use their 210mm flying bombs to do the same to you? D:

It worked the first few times but I'm onto that stuff now . Whenever I'm tailing a GA and it goes low and slow I'm like, "NOPENOPENOPENOPE" and pull out to re-engage from a better angle.

[AzraeI]

He is talking about the WGr-210 rockets.  The ones that can be fired as individuals and get kills because they have a blast radius large enough that general vicinity is close enough.

[stealth250]

AzraeI, on 24 November 2012 - 11:19 PM, said:

He is talking about the WGr-210 rockets.  The ones that can be fired as individuals and get kills because they have a blast radius large enough that general vicinity is close enough.

love to have thoses

[Heh]

stealth250, on 25 November 2012 - 12:15 PM, said:

love to have thoses

They come in 2s tho, except on the 410 that has 4. They do weigh you down significantly, but the explosion radius is huge. And to think the Fw 190 had a 280mm rocket...

[Crag_r]

Well some noob in an IL-8 tired to fly under that little rock formation on one of the Sea maps(Forget which one) next to the carrier. So a burst of 8 HAVAR's later from my P-51 (late mod) against those rocks just as he was under them and he was VERY mad.  

[Heh]

Crag_r, on 25 November 2012 - 08:54 PM, said:

Well some noob in an IL-8 tired to fly under that little rock formation on one of the Sea maps(Forget which one) next to the carrier. So a burst of 8 HAVAR's later from my P-51 (late mod) against those rocks just as he was under them and he was VERY mad.  

You mean Pacific? Man, flying under that arch is easy.