I have read an explanation ( [here](https://users.monash.edu/~dschmidt/personal/v1.html) ) on how the guidance system worked but it went over my head
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The V1 found it starger by flying at a constant direction for a fixed fixed distance and then it dove down to the ground. So you aimed it by setting the direction it should fly at the distance is should fly before launch.
In practice the system hand gyroscopes to yaw and pitch to keep it flying straight. The azimuth used a magnetic compass. You set up what azimut according to the magnetic compass is should fly at.
The distans worked by having a small vane anemometers that the airstream around the V1 turned. The distance setting was the number of turns of the Vane anemometers until it should drive. So it measured the speed of the V1 relative to the surrounding air, this is just like if you have a have a device on the ground that measure the speed of the wind.
The accuracy was quite low in part because the distance is relative to the air and wind will have a result of what that distance is relative to the ground. So some V1 had radio transmitters that send a signal that could be triangulated and you use the information of where it end up to change the setting for later launches.
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