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Originally Posted by Feltan
Calm down. We are talking about two different things.
The zero bearing attack, and the constant bearing attack (called the O'Kane method on these forums) are not the same.
Regards,
Feltan
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They're the same... I was the one that explained to em how to do it. One of the main things Rockin Robbins always says is distance doesn't matter. Unless you're talking about a different O'Kane method. Actually, technically, we don't really do O'Kane and Morton justice with what we've come to call the O'Kane method. ...and I've also blasted em for blindly setting AoB to 90° when 75°-80° would introduce far less error. Is he still suggesting 90°? O'Kane's probably rolling in his grave...
Only reason I suggested calling it that was to give O'Kane a nod for his comment about how he learned from Morton to hold the bearing constant as target points of interest passed the aiming wire. Why not call it the Morton Method? ...all Morton was doing was carrying over a practice from WWI technology. O'Kane seemed to use it with the most success. It was really more of a thank you to O'Kane for passing the info along in his writings.
The only thing the TDC is really being used for in the O'Kane method is related to the fact that it already knows the torpedo speeds, so you don't need to look up the lead angle in a table. It's a shame if folks are using 90° for the AoB setting and introducing silly error, in an otherwise straightforward targetting method.