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Old 05-15-07, 03:25 AM   #3
LuftWolf
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The only time the FFG TMA station should be used on manual is when you absolutely must merge two or more contacts into a single master track for whatever reason.

Other than that, every skipper I have ever encountered is in agreement that the station really needs to be left on automatic, and that this was probably the game-designers' intentions, given the inherent limitations in the station design.

This is really not a problem, as TMA on the FFG is rarely actually performed (at least in DW) other than for datum creation on TA contacts when stalking a target, which the autocrew can handle reasonably well without going overboard in accuracy. By the nature of the FFG, the majority of contacts are from the active sonar or radar, which makes TMA unnecessary.

Cheers,
David
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