Basically the idea is to approach a targeting within certain distance/velocity parameters.
By taking advantage of the wide firing arc of the Hornet Turrets I can maintain guns on Target while having the craft pointed in an advantageous direction to prevent the Target from escaping.
As you can see I was able to keep the crosshair on Target to a crazy degree even as it moves across my view.
The closer you can get to and keep the Target from moving across your view, the easier it is to land shots.
To use manual gimballed mode you must have the varipuck mount and/or turret mounts on the ship. Switch weapon mode with the default "G" key until the HUD cycles to "TARG".
The default setting uses pitch/yaw control to move the crosshair. In the game settings you need to find Pilot -Weapons-Manual Gimbal Mode-Default Slaving and switch to: Use Look Direction.
Then you need to unbind mouse control for ship movements.