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Originally Posted by wetwarev7
It's just math, and it's not overly complicated, so I have a hard time believing someone who's gone thru officer training would muff it up. I could see an experienced officer taking less time than a noobie officer though.
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Absolutely, it's just math. Math done with figures taken by human being (in this case an artificial human being).
Some examples:
For range you basically had to eyeball it. Sure, you us some neat equipment in the periscope but it's still eyeballing it.
For speed I remember from physics classes back in the day
having a 2 sec +/- human error factor when doing time calculations.
I can't comment on AoB because that still confuses me. I kinda get it but not yet. But from what I remember dont you almost have to guess the targets heading and compare it to yours.
A more experience sailor will get better figures to do the math that ALL sailors coming out of officer training school should know or at least have some experience in. What's the ol programers battle cry: GARBAGE IN - GARBAGE OUT
The more experienced / qualified the officer, the less garbage enter the calculations.