Chaffing is egregious in its ability to neuter non-fixed weaponry. There's often long periods of combat where one is forced to change to forward-fire and has to frequently change fire modes. Currently, it's not at all feasible to do so on the fly in the midst of combat flight and management of everything else going on, because there's no keybind in Settings for changing weapons' fire mode, forcing one to rapidly navigate through side panel menus with multiple button presses all while looking away from the fight.
So, the solution is straightforward: add a keybind to the Controls menu for changing fire mode, preferably under the "Weapons" subgroup. Pressing this button would make gimballed and turreted weapons change to 'forward fire' until switched back. Since the functionality already exists, it ought to be a simple matter for placing a keybind to activate it.
This could also introduce new possibilities for other weapons in the future, like a frag cannon with a 'wide' and 'narrow' firing mode.
So, the solution is straightforward: add a keybind to the Controls menu for changing fire mode, preferably under the "Weapons" subgroup. Pressing this button would make gimballed and turreted weapons change to 'forward fire' until switched back. Since the functionality already exists, it ought to be a simple matter for placing a keybind to activate it.
This could also introduce new possibilities for other weapons in the future, like a frag cannon with a 'wide' and 'narrow' firing mode.