I like the idea of rotating trackers every few minutes, but since updates only come at two minute intervals, I find I have to leave a tracker on a contact for at least 8 mins (initial contact, plust 3 useable LOBs) in order to even get a 'half stack' TMA. I could do this, but with a single TMA leg (unless you have DEMON data), you really can't produce a solution. If I were to make multiple TMA legs though, I would end up spending a lot of time with those first four contacts because of the towed array's turn-delay and bearing error during said turns.
However, I think I really could handle all this except for the fact that I'd be having to do this TMA while cycling the sonar contacts. I guess I'm just not good enough at multitasking, but I have a hard time seeing how anyone can manage to keep track of the sonar picture and handle TMA at the same time with more than four contacts. It's really this challenge that's keeping me from succeding in the more contact rich scenarios.
Has anyone played 'Chinese Takeout'? It's not necessarily the most complex of missions, but it's a straight-up ASW tracking mission with numerous neutral and assumed-hostile surface traffic. I have never even gotten to the point where I can search for the sub cause I spend the entire mission tracking all the other contacts.
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