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Originally Posted by cali03boss
And From what AVG said, I guess if anyone would like advice Ill give it out.
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well, based on your original post where you said that you don't understand how people are missing with their shots, I think I can shed some light on that as I was having a lot of problems until recently.
The biggest problem for me was AOB. I was getting it pretty close, but my shots were consistently missing either just forward or just aft of the target. Once I changed my method of determining AOB, my shots are all hitting except for duds and when I rush a shot or make a stupid mistake.
Previously, I was determining AOB either by my manual plot or by eyeballing it. Once I watched wernersobe's vids, where you determine course and then adjust the AOB wheel until it matches the target heading in the tdc, that problem was resolved. I really wasn't off by much before that, but over time the PK will really be off with even a relatively small AOB error.
I was also getting the range wrong by a couple hundred yards...again, not much but enough that over time the PK ends of being off just enough to miss. First I was a victim of the known imperial measurement error with ship heights, but then I was just not being careful enough when using the tool. Some people have said that range doesn't matter at all, but I don't see how this is possible.
I was usually right on with speed but again, even a mistake of a knot or two can cause a problem over time or with a long shot.
+/- ~200 yards and ~5 degrees AOB when you start the position keeper can ruin the entire shot if you just assume that everything is correct. And the indicated bearing and AOB on the pk is close enough to the target's true bearing and AOB that you don't notice an error a lot of the times. It can look like you've set the shot up perfectly, only to have torps miss the target by several yards