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Originally Posted by irish1958
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I would know approximately which direction I'm looking in if I were truly on a U-boat bridge looking through binoculars, but since my spatial awareness is impaired because I'm looking at a computer screen instead of standing on a real life submarine bridge, I think having the bearings displayed is a nice little crutch.
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Well said!
Perhaps a good compromise would be if someone could come up with a bearing mod that did not show the bearing in 5 or 10-degree intervals. Perhaps by using N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, etc., etc. Thus, one would have some spatial awareness but be required to do some conversion and estimation on the exact bearing. Just a thought. |
I agree; this should be an easy mod for someone with paintshop skills. I would use it in a heartbeat. |
As I said before my knowledge of bearings etc is strictly limited, but would having N. NNE. NE, ENE, etc., etc., on your binoculars be of any use? When the lookout calls out "ship spotted, bearing 90" he is actually referring to the target being at 90 degrees relative to the U-boats heading and not the compass points, no?
That is why I said I find it very simple to look in the direction the lookout mentions
without binoculars then click on the "Tab" key and you get the same view through your glasses.
For example, if he yells "ship spotted, bearing 90!" I line my unaided gaze up on the back of the forward starboard lookout's head! Press "Tab" and he disappears and you are roughly looking at 90 degrees. This would not necessarily be East
unless your U-boat was steering due North. (I never use the 'B' key for binoculars now, always looking in the intended direction then hitting 'Tab' brings the glasses up.)