Outdated by new Targeting Technologies and the ability to set fuses.

Beta weapon!

I love the new beta!
This is just a little demonstrator I made. It has its flaws, but in the end, it does its function. What is it? This is a semi-auto turret that fires timed flak shells. The thing is, with the new funky trees, the TargetDistance parameter allows this turret to automatically set timed fuses for its shells, as well as have automatic aiming. Just spawn at an airport, and get some enemies in the air, and the turret will keep the target in a constant heading. Use WASD to tune the turret and fire - the shells will automatically be fired with a timed fuse from 500m to 4km, meaning they will be set to explode right next to the target.

Automatic Aim-Assist

The aim-assist is basically an auto-turret that points the turret right at the target selected (whether it be air or ground). However, it does not predict the lead due to the multitude of fuses used. Instead, WASD / pitch and roll is used to "tune" the turret (it's very easy to do so as the aim-assist keeps the target at a constant static position). All you have to do is use WASD to move the cannon crosshair to the built-in target prediction box.

Automatic Timed Fuse

REAL Flak: Shells explode at an automatically determined distance (next to the target, hopefully). Each cannon fires a different shell with a different fuse. However, the cannon will be only activated for firing when the turret when the target is in its fuse range. Thus, if your target is 2.8km away, the 2.8km fused cannon will fire, and the shell will detonate at 2.8km from the turret, hopefully damaging the enemy aircraft from the aerial explosion.

The fuses work as such:

• From 500m to 2km, fuses are set to each 100m increment
• From 2km to 4km, fuses are set to each 200m increment
• Below 500m, the 500m fused cannon will fire
• Above 4km to 10km, there is only 1 cannon fused to 10km. Only direct hits will work this distance.

Flaws

• There is no roll or pitch accounted for in the FT. Spawn it on flat ground only.
• You cannot nudge all the cannons together, weird flak shells start appearing. IF SOMEONE CAN FIX THIS ISSUE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN REALISTIC FLAK GUNS
• The new target variables (heading and elevation) work globally, not locally from the cockpit. Just keep this in mind if you want to make your own systems.
• The AI cannot use this weapon, as they cannot fire cannons. Sad.