The Hunt: An illustrated example of how to sink a ship - Page 10

Darojax · 02-20-15, 05:27 AM

Big thankyou for this guide!

(Btw, the links to the pdf and the other guides in the first post no longer work.)

AZTiger98 · 02-21-15, 04:08 PM

Bit late, and admittedly haven't read all the way through all 10 pages of posts, but to answer the initial question about how to come up with 292.5 degrees for WNW heading, it's done like this:

North = 0 deg
East = 90 deg
South = 180 deg
West = 270 deg

These are the basic cardinal directions.

Now add in the four midpoint directions:

NE = 45 deg (halfway between North and East)
SE = 135 deg (halfway between East and South)
SW = 225 deg (halfway between South and West)
NW = 315 deg (halfwy between West and North)

Now, to get the non-standard headings such as NNE, or ENE, it's simply halfway between the midpoint direction and the cardinal direction:

NNE = (0+45) / 2 = 22.5 deg
ENE = (45 + 90)/2 = 67.5 deg
ESE = (90+135)/2 = 112.5 deg
SSE = (135+180)/2 = 157.5 deg
SSW = (180+225)/2 = 202.5 deg
WSW = (225 + 270)/2 = 247.5 deg
WNW = (270 + 315) / 2 = 292.5 deg
NNW = (315 + 360) / 2 = 337.5 deg (yes, used 360 instead of 0 - if you use 0 for north here, the calculation will be way off)

Hope that helps anyone still looking for the quick and dirty translations from direction to degree heading.

Koranis · 03-13-15, 04:03 PM

Hi, is there anyone who managed to download the pdf when it was still available? This is a very good guide, it would be a shame if we lost it. If anyone with the pdf available could re-upload it somewhere it would be very very helpful.

Tricky · 03-14-15, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Koranis

Hi, is there anyone who managed to download the pdf when it was still available? This is a very good guide, it would be a shame if we lost it. If anyone with the pdf available could re-upload it somewhere it would be very very helpful.

The Hunt

Koranis · 03-14-15, 11:52 AM

Thank you!

GalaxyMaster06 · 10-01-17, 04:00 AM

This guide helped me a BUNCH.
I managed to sink 10 ships using information from this guide, a 3 of them were warships.
Thank you

CTU_Clay · 10-01-17, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GalaxyMaster06

This guide helped me a BUNCH.
I managed to sink 10 ships using information from this guide, a 3 of them were warships.
Thank you

Your first post. Welcome to SubSim GalaxyMaster06!

Howitzer · 11-28-17, 02:19 AM

Just checking if anyone has an active link to the PDFs from this tutorial? Looks like the author's site is gone.

Anvar1061 · 11-28-17, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howitzer

Just checking if anyone has an active link to the PDFs from this tutorial? Looks like the author's site is gone.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=140

John Pancoast · 01-31-19, 01:42 PM

Old thread I know, but how was the convoy's time to the intercept point determined ?
He knew he had to speed up to beat the convoy to the intercept point, but how was this known, in other words ?

bstanko6 · 01-31-19, 05:16 PM

The speed table sheet gives you in hours or minutes how far a ship will travel at what speed. Just compute where the convoy will be in what time, the compute your speed to intercept.

John Pancoast · 01-31-19, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bstanko6

The speed table sheet gives you in hours or minutes how far a ship will travel at what speed. Just compute where the convoy will be in what time, the compute your speed to intercept.

Ok, thanks. I downloaded the pdf of The Hunt but there's no speed table sheet that I saw.
Have to do some looking around.

bstanko6 · 01-31-19, 08:52 PM

Conovaro has a guide you can print. If you use a mega mod they usually have a sheet you can drag at the nav map.

bstanko6 · 01-31-19, 08:59 PM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1487

John Pancoast · 01-31-19, 09:29 PM

Thanks very much !

10-01-17, 04:00 AM	#141
GalaxyMaster06 Bilge Rat Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 1 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Amazing, just amazing This guide helped me a BUNCH. I managed to sink 10 ships using information from this guide, a 3 of them were warships. Thank you

01-31-19, 01:42 PM	#145
John Pancoast Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Minnysoda Posts: 3,174 Downloads: 490 Uploads: 4	Old thread I know, but how was the convoy's time to the intercept point determined ? He knew he had to speed up to beat the convoy to the intercept point, but how was this known, in other words ? __________________ "Realistic" is not always GAME-GOOD." - Wave Skipper

01-31-19, 09:29 PM	#150
John Pancoast Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Minnysoda Posts: 3,174 Downloads: 490 Uploads: 4	Thanks very much ! __________________ "Realistic" is not always GAME-GOOD." - Wave Skipper

02-20-15, 05:27 AM	#136
Darojax A-ganger Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sweden Posts: 75 Downloads: 488 Uploads: 4	Big thankyou for this guide! (Btw, the links to the pdf and the other guides in the first post no longer work.)

02-21-15, 04:08 PM	#137
AZTiger98 Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 9 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Bit late, and admittedly haven't read all the way through all 10 pages of posts, but to answer the initial question about how to come up with 292.5 degrees for WNW heading, it's done like this: North = 0 deg East = 90 deg South = 180 deg West = 270 deg These are the basic cardinal directions. Now add in the four midpoint directions: NE = 45 deg (halfway between North and East) SE = 135 deg (halfway between East and South) SW = 225 deg (halfway between South and West) NW = 315 deg (halfwy between West and North) Now, to get the non-standard headings such as NNE, or ENE, it's simply halfway between the midpoint direction and the cardinal direction: NNE = (0+45) / 2 = 22.5 deg ENE = (45 + 90)/2 = 67.5 deg ESE = (90+135)/2 = 112.5 deg SSE = (135+180)/2 = 157.5 deg SSW = (180+225)/2 = 202.5 deg WSW = (225 + 270)/2 = 247.5 deg WNW = (270 + 315) / 2 = 292.5 deg NNW = (315 + 360) / 2 = 337.5 deg (yes, used 360 instead of 0 - if you use 0 for north here, the calculation will be way off) Hope that helps anyone still looking for the quick and dirty translations from direction to degree heading.

03-13-15, 04:03 PM	#138
Koranis Helmsman Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 107 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	Hi, is there anyone who managed to download the pdf when it was still available? This is a very good guide, it would be a shame if we lost it. If anyone with the pdf available could re-upload it somewhere it would be very very helpful.

03-14-15, 11:52 AM	#140
Koranis Helmsman Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 107 Downloads: 84 Uploads: 0	Thank you!

11-28-17, 02:19 AM	#143
Howitzer Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 7 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Just checking if anyone has an active link to the PDFs from this tutorial? Looks like the author's site is gone.

01-31-19, 05:16 PM	#146
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	The speed table sheet gives you in hours or minutes how far a ship will travel at what speed. Just compute where the convoy will be in what time, the compute your speed to intercept.

01-31-19, 08:52 PM	#148
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	Conovaro has a guide you can print. If you use a mega mod they usually have a sheet you can drag at the nav map.

01-31-19, 08:59 PM	#149
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,122 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1487