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Originally Posted by joegrundman
In the early version of the templates for that tool there was a silght error in the location of the two ship images labelled Vorh. Heck and Vorh. Bug, as the tool wasn't yet fully understood by us at subsim. Later Hitman managed to obtain the actual KM manual for the tool, and since then has shared how to use it with any who ask.These two features are intended to interact with the Vorhalt arm, that is the funny shaped wheel. The locations of the two boat images should be such that the short tails on each boat will neatly indicate a position on the Vorhalt wheel.Once you have an intercept course, and have gathered your necesssary data, you use slide rules to calculate the necessary lead angle (vorhalt) to hit the target. You then set the vorhalt arm to show the AOB of the target at the moment of firing. You then set the bearing indicator to show the correct lead angle on the vorhalt arm, taking into account whether it is a Bow (Bug) or Stern (Heck) shot, and read off the opposite side of the arm the course that you should follow to be able to shoot the target with a 000 gyro angle. Alternatively the difference between your course at the moment of firing and the indicated lead angle course is the gyro angle you should use
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I see, the 'angriff kurs' pointer with those symbols that I printed out is indeed different from the pointer shown on the screenshot on the first post of your mod thread. The symbols in your mod are moved away from the center compared to mine, they are also moved outward in the final flash executable. But your's is indentical with mine regarding to the missing centerline, that is there in the flash executable. And your mod and mine has a black triangle at the tip, while the executable flash version (and the manual) has a red triangle. So they are all a little bit different versions. I printed the latest version of Hitman's kriegmarine whizwheel v1.1. As I noticed some other inaccuracies and cosmetic bits I will contact him for an update.
I'm not too happy about my transparent parts anyway. Because they are inktjet transparencies they have one rough side that makes air bubbles a certainty when laminating. Unfortunately the hinge is allready glued together.