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Freebird · 02-01-10, 06:02 PM

The tutorials of RRobbins OKane follies and Werners TDC tutorial finally lit my light bulb. It boils it down to a level of simplicity even my feeble brain can grasp.

If you watch Werner walk you thru a setup with just a fictional target, you can see how the upper dial shows target heading. Lower dial, your heading.

And calculating AOB becomes a no brainer. Obviously, if the target is at 90' relative, the AOB is 90' too. It's very proportional in that if the ship is at say 075' relative, then the AOB is 15' less than 90'

I always try to do a solution at 45' relative and a couple final ones around 15' relative. Be ready to shoot at 10' if the target is less than 15kts. Most ships are slow. Warships move out, though.

Always lock your scope when able and enter range and bearing last.

This works out to be the quickest and simplest way to set up OKane or Cromwells method. I have bagged some tonnage doing that and now am ready to learn to do a sonar/hydrophone only blind shot.

02-01-10, 06:02 PM	#10
Freebird Mate Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 51 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Torpedo Impact! The tutorials of RRobbins OKane follies and Werners TDC tutorial finally lit my light bulb. It boils it down to a level of simplicity even my feeble brain can grasp. If you watch Werner walk you thru a setup with just a fictional target, you can see how the upper dial shows target heading. Lower dial, your heading. And calculating AOB becomes a no brainer. Obviously, if the target is at 90' relative, the AOB is 90' too. It's very proportional in that if the ship is at say 075' relative, then the AOB is 15' less than 90' I always try to do a solution at 45' relative and a couple final ones around 15' relative. Be ready to shoot at 10' if the target is less than 15kts. Most ships are slow. Warships move out, though. Always lock your scope when able and enter range and bearing last. This works out to be the quickest and simplest way to set up OKane or Cromwells method. I have bagged some tonnage doing that and now am ready to learn to do a sonar/hydrophone only blind shot.