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Old 07-02-06, 12:32 PM   #42
LuftWolf
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Here are the fully implimented controls of the TEST-71ME-NK, carried by the Chinese Kilo Improved hulls.

The TEST-71ME-NK has operational parameters equal to the TEST-71ME with the addition of a wakehoming mode effective against surface targets that can be enabled at the presets. When the wakehoming mode is disengaged, the controls and operation are identical to the TEST-71ME.

To enable Wakehoming mode, set the ceiling at 10m or less. If you allow the torpedo to run on its own with no input at all, the torpedo will enable as a straightrunning wakehomer and go to its maxspeed of 40kts and the preset ceiling depth. If you enable the torpedo on the wire using the enable button without changing the running depth of the weapon, the torpedo will also enable as a wakehomer and go to maxspeed and the preset ceiling depth (there are no further enable button commands in wakehoming mode).

You can cancel the wakehoming enable by hitting a single preenable button click before the torpedo enables. If you do this, the torpedo will enable at the runtoenable distance using the preset values for pattern and acoustic mode and use the searchdepth and floor as its vertical search parameters. If you send the torpedo to search depth or floor using the preenable buttons, the torpedo will enable using the floor and searchdepth as its vertical parameters, using the same enable commands as the TEST-71ME. To reenable wakehoming mode, send the torpedo to the preset ceiling depth, and the torpedo will once again function as a wakehomer.

Cheers,
David
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Last edited by LuftWolf; 07-02-06 at 12:34 PM.
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