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Originally Posted by Zosimus
... Before I learned how to draw the triangles, I used the TDC to calculate intercept courses by doubling the target ship's known or estimated velocity and feeding the data into the TDC. That gave me the right lead angle to travel at 15 knots to overtake the ship so sometimes I had to pad it a bit by, for example, adding another knot to the ship's speed if I felt I couldn't make 15 knots.
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That is most intresting, Herr Kaleun!
I never thought to use the TDC in such a creative way (or read about it).
Kudos to you for this idea
