Thanks for your reply! I noticed that small angle difference between bearings is somewhat inconvenient, still I'm worried that target would escape. It happened once, I took two bearings but third one I had to do manually, sonarman no longer could hear him. I will try to make that distance bigger though.
I try to accomplish two things thanks to your tutorial - it would be nice to know target's course just by hearing, and I would really like to sink at least one ship while submerged and without periscope. Must be a great feeling
I didn't know that bearing is a cone 350m wide, thanks for that info. I always try to center things, must be something wrong with my brain
(I don't use this rule in photography, thank God
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I did all my calculations sumberged. I will surface after 3rd bearing and go flank, we'll see if it's going to help. Thanks for the tip!
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Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter
There is allways a difference between the real courseline and the calculated courseline, due to the map tools limitations - but it is small enough to still get a proper target solution. Even the distance is irrelevant as long as you head perpendicular to the courseline.
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I've been meaning to ask about this, I read that sort of statement a lot on subsim. How is it possible that distance doesn't really matter as long as you have speed and AOB correct? I don't get it, it's against my intuition
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Try to 'correct' the weapons officers perfect settings and change the AOB for +/-10° - you'll still score a hit. Change the distance - Pythagoras will give you a smile.
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I only use weapons officer to see how long till loading a tube, I'm my own weapons officer for calculating firing solutions
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Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter
your conclusion about same speed is correct (your 8 knots story), but the assumption of a perpendicular course is not consequently correct.
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I don't have a ruler on me so I will ask - same speed means same bearing ALWAYS? No matter how courses are related to each other?
It's true with parallel and perpendicular for sure, hm... maybe it's true always... no. It can't be.