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Old 03-22-07, 04:30 AM   #16
heartc
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AOB and speed are most important. Range is the most unimportant data for the fire solution, because when the gyro (lead) angle is right, it is right enough for a target at a huge variety of ranges if AOB and speed are accurate. You are most likely missing not because of inaccurate range, but because of the AOB or speed estimates.

My English is too limited to explain further and I don't have the time either, but all that is happening when you have wrong range is basicly that your torps will impact sooner or later than expected.

Try it by making a fake targetting set up and note the green line (gyro angle) on the attack map. Then, change just range, and watch how little the gyro angle changes except for very close ranges.
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