![]() ![]() ![]() Whether the Dolphin rails prevented the Lewis guns from being fired directly forward I cannot definitively say, but I think most pilots would use the Lewis guns in the fixed forward position if they could. For most SE.5a pilots, the fixed forward position was the most useable. One ace (was it Albert Ball?) was said to use his on the angle, but this was unusual, and took considerable flying and shooting skill. You see plenty of pictures of SE.5as with the Lewis gun slid back on its rail for reloading, but it was not usually used that way, but rather in the fixed forward position. I have taken this to be pictures of the Lewis guns being reloaded. I checked a whole lot of pictures of the Dolphin, and it is true that most show either no Lewis guns (presumably removed in the field) or the guns at about 45 degrees. SF/FE does not allow changes in the MGs or cannon fitted to the aircraft at the loadout screen. For myself, I rather like a 4-gun machine for ballon-busting and Gotha-interception. Drag is modelled in SF/FE for each aircraft component, and it would be easy to reduce the drag on the upper wing centre sections a bit to simulate removing the Lewis guns, if that is wanted. ![]()
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