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Old 01-20-08, 11:06 AM   #5
Deamon
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Originally Posted by Wolfnon
I know you set the torpedo before you shoot it, But I can think on 2 ways of doing that:
1. setting some "tail fin" in some angle, making the cruise of the torpedo like an arc.
2. setting the whole tube in the direction of the target, so the torpedo moving strait ahead.
You mean you want to know the mechanical side of it ?

Well the torpedo has an gyro compass which controls the torpedo rudder. You set there the angle and it keeps the torpedo turning till it gets the angle that was set.
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