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Originally Posted by Shibbyland
If you're calculating speed using the Hydrophone, how do you get an accurate distance to plot with the bearing?
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Good question. My method was based on a tutorial that is now outdated because: in the new TWoS 2.2.6 I just realize that the sonarman doesn't give you the distance anymore, he says only 'long range, short range, medium range'. This is not helpful unless you do the 4-bearing method which takes longer and is therefore only suited for long range targets.
As a consequence, the hydrophone becomes useless at short range for quick decisions or for plotting targets and reading the speed with the calc tables. You would need to know the range EXACTLY, else your speed calculation is far off to be precise.
BUT:
For quick decisions, your target is close enough usually, meaning you can use the periscope and Stadimeter to make a good range calc. So you can combine the hydrophone plotting and change it according to your range calc; you then can calculate the speed based on the distance that your target did in a certain time intervall (and what about the Nomograph? I never used this one...should be good for something...). And once you are at the periscope there is the U-Jagd like suggested above.
Personally I don't like dial instruments very much (RAOTB, U-Jagt...), I rely on geometry on the map if possible,...and eyeball...I then calculate a solution for a specific bearing to the target in order to make my torps hit at 90°. I want it simple, and if I miss, oh well...
