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Originally Posted by Seminole
I don't know exactly what you mean by "firing while locked and no forward stroke of the crosshairs
I am doing the full manual protocol: stadimeter measurement twice, then speed and course set , and finally setting AoB... then firing when the target is at optimal range.
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Seminole you're setting parameters in the wrong order and hurting your accuracy. The correct order is speed, AoB (or target course), and always lastly, bearing and range. The first two parameters can be reversed if you wish. The critical thing is that target position is the last thing you enter. You should also turn on the PK before you do your range/bearing input.
Maybe that doesn't seem reasonable to you. Let's think about why. The PK plots the position of the impact point, updating it continuously as it moves. Your goal is for the PK impact point to agree with the real target's position because you hate wasting torpedoes.
Let's do it wrong. Turn on the PK and do your range/bearing input. The PK plots the impact point precisely on top of the target. But the course and speed are the course and speed of the last target you shot at! The PK impact point zips away from the target on that old invalid course and speed. Oops... By the time you set the speed (now it's heading away from the real target at the right speed but on the wrong course!) and then figure out the AoB and input it, you impact point could be at some distance from the target by the time it finally gets moving at the same speed and course. Understand?
Now you can fix it by simply following the correct method of inputting range/bearing last. In this case, just take another range/bearing and press the send button. Because you have already told the PK what course and speed to move the impact point, when you press the send range/bearing button the impact point will be plotted on top of the target and immediately begin moving with it. As long as your course and speed are correct it will remain there, superimposed on top of your target, moving precisely with it unless the target itself makes a change. If you shoot, you will hit your mark.