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Originally Posted by YuriJanssen
I know this is a Major thread-necro but i thought making a new topic was not needed either.
I have made one of hitman's wheels and am trying to use it but i can't really seem to figure out (even after reading almost all the previous posts on here) how this thing is supposed to give targets course.
I've only made this to know what the targets course is, that will help me enough to line up 90 degree shots. but how do i do it?
as im doing it now:
-hold the wheel 180 facing up where the little arrow is too
-I turn the inner (yellow second to largest) wheel to the bearing my nose is pointing at. (with the outside numbers)
-After that i turn the big long pointer at the bearing i last spotted the ship at from my position, i use the numbrs on the biggest brown disk for this
-Then to finish up i turn the 'lage' red/green wheel so that the green and red arrow line up with the long pointer.
-i then take my course from the inner second to largest yellow wheel, using the inside numbers
I get really odd readings on what course he must be having, that are totally off (tested). i must be doing something horribly wrong but i can't seem to understand what.
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks!
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You cannot use the red/green line (which indicate 90 degrees AOB, angle on bow) to tell what course the target has. You have to look at how the ship is facing, and use that. Once you have the actual AOB set up, then you can look which course is the one that make you at cross angles to his course. Not before!
Personally I like to keep the N of north on the yellow disk pointing up. The brown disk I change as I change course.
1. Align your course (on the yellow disk) to the white triangle on the largest brown disk.
2. There are 2 sides to the long pointer, one end has a drawing of a boat with a black triangle on the bow, the other a black thick line on his aft. Choose the end like you are seeing the target, are you looking at his tail, or on his bow. Align that end with the bearing of the periscope/UZO/Binoculars on the brown disk.
3. Align the smaller disk (with "Lage" in red and green) to the long pointer with the actual angle as you see his bow. (if you are looking at an angle on his tail, consider the angle to the bow instead, so 180-AOB))
4. The pointer attached to the smallest disk has a triangle in a boat symbol, which points to the outer scale of the yellow disk. That is the target course!
Example:
1: Own course is 035. 35 on the outside scale of the yellow disk is against the white triangle on the brown disk.
2: Looking at peri/uzo/bino bearing 125, he is approaching so you choose the bow-end of the pointer. This end of the pointer should now point to 340 on the outer scale of the yellow disk.
3: I guesstimate (by eye) the angle on the bow to be 65, his right bow that is: Green 65 under the bow end of the long pointer.
4: The black 0 on the smallest disk is at 95 degrees on the inner scale of the yellow disk, and the black triangle on the attached pointer points to 275 of the outside scale. 275 is the target's course.
Ok, let's say you want to set a course that puts you at right angles to his course, in other words, his future bearing where his AOB is 90. This is the red or green thin arrow on the smallest disk. Since you are looking to his right bow you choose the green line at 90.
Move the pointer over to the green 90, while holding the other disks fixed to one another. The outside scale is the course to go: 005. While the long pointer now points to periscope/uzo/bino bearing 150. This is where you turn you periscope to, and press the "-" key to 'set heading to view'. (could be the "=" key, I keep mixing them up)
Let's see if you get the same readings now.
