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Originally Posted by klh
Lead Angle = Arctan (target speed/torpedo speed)
So if the target is making 12 knots, and you wish to fire a 30 knot T-III electric, then your lead angle is...
Lead Angle = Arctan (12/30) = 21.8 degrees
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Ah! now it makes sense!
In school, they had only taught us about static geometric shapes, so there were intersections, but no interceptions.
Thanks alot, Cobb County School System!
I was thinking of the angle always being static(10 or 20 degrees). In my head, that translated to.....well, nevermind, This all makes sense now. And I'm gonna tape that little formula to my monitor till I use it enough times to memorize it.
Thanks Klh!