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XLjedi · 01-14-09, 09:38 AM

Oh BTW,

My response to the original OP's question would be... In that instance O'Kane was using a lateral spread.

You can do that easily by locking your scope on the target midship and turning that degree offset dial. You'd wait for the middle of the target to reach the desired bearing and then dial: 2° fire, 0° fire, -2° fire

How do I know 2° is right? I just lock on the target midship and then look on the scope to see how many degrees I needed to offset to hit the various parts.

Now in fairness to O'Kane, this method that bears his name is no longer a good reflection of what you and I read in his book. If you want to see how I originally proposed mimicing Okane you can read my post here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=134

RR chose to simplify it. I choose to bash him over the head

once in awhile for dumbing it down to the point where the TDC isn't even used!

Also, I don't recall that Okane would necessarily line up on a 90° beam to the target. He took a standard 90° approach to the target bearing, but that's something different. There's more evidence in his books that suggests he (and Morton) preferred to fire after the target passed the 90° beam so the torpedos would 1) not impact at a right angle, and 2) the ship would have a harder time evading (never really studied this one, but I trust Morton knew what he was talking about).

01-14-09, 09:38 AM	#32
XLjedi Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 8	Oh BTW, My response to the original OP's question would be... In that instance O'Kane was using a lateral spread. You can do that easily by locking your scope on the target midship and turning that degree offset dial. You'd wait for the middle of the target to reach the desired bearing and then dial: 2° fire, 0° fire, -2° fire How do I know 2° is right? I just lock on the target midship and then look on the scope to see how many degrees I needed to offset to hit the various parts. Now in fairness to O'Kane, this method that bears his name is no longer a good reflection of what you and I read in his book. If you want to see how I originally proposed mimicing Okane you can read my post here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=134 RR chose to simplify it. I choose to bash him over the head once in awhile for dumbing it down to the point where the TDC isn't even used! Also, I don't recall that Okane would necessarily line up on a 90° beam to the target. He took a standard 90° approach to the target bearing, but that's something different. There's more evidence in his books that suggests he (and Morton) preferred to fire after the target passed the 90° beam so the torpedos would 1) not impact at a right angle, and 2) the ship would have a harder time evading (never really studied this one, but I trust Morton knew what he was talking about). __________________ Last edited by XLjedi; 01-14-09 at 10:15 AM.