For those who might be interested in the subject of WWI aerial gunnery and how rates of fire were affected by weapon development and synchronization gear during the war, please feel free to check out the following thread:

The myth of German fire superiority?

Of course, the whole subject of incorporating historically accurate rates of fire in any air combat sim is important......let's hope that KOE gets this area of it's design as close to the discernible facts as is possible with the research information that still exist today.

if you can read german then look here:

http://www.luftfahrtgeschichte.com/militaer.htm