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divingbluefrog · 08-17-10, 02:25 AM

Gyroangle itself does not mean a lot. It's the combination of AOB and Gyroangle that means something, at least for impact shoots.
What is true, is that you can't hit successfully if your impact angle is over 20°. Usually, if using the 90° AOB method you'll fire with a gyroangle between 345 and 15, to preserve a security margin.
If you use a 75° AOB as I commonly do against convoys (it opens your fire angle) you will fire with a gyroangle between 0 and 30.
But if I target a single ship I don't really care of my AOB, I mean the absolute value of the AOB, as soon as I got a reliable value, I just adjust my gyroangle accordingly.

08-17-10, 02:25 AM	#8
divingbluefrog Medic Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 164 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 1	Gyroangle itself does not mean a lot. It's the combination of AOB and Gyroangle that means something, at least for impact shoots. What is true, is that you can't hit successfully if your impact angle is over 20°. Usually, if using the 90° AOB method you'll fire with a gyroangle between 345 and 15, to preserve a security margin. If you use a 75° AOB as I commonly do against convoys (it opens your fire angle) you will fire with a gyroangle between 0 and 30. But if I target a single ship I don't really care of my AOB, I mean the absolute value of the AOB, as soon as I got a reliable value, I just adjust my gyroangle accordingly.