Gyro Angles? Straight shots...

[jackyo123]

hi folks

I am trying to learn the ins and outs of manual targeting, and am practicing firing torps on a 'quick sight' basis as well for snapshots that dont have time to be setup properly.

What is happening is this - when I am 'unlocked' from a target and tracking it between 350 and 15 degrees in the scope, and try to fire, I get a message 'unable to find solution' and I cant fire the torp.

If I do lock on without going through the angle on bow and other manual calcs (position keeper has a range of zero and a neutral bearing) the torp runs about 200 feet then makes a sharp left turn and runs until it is out of fuel.

So, my question is this: how to set a 'zero' gyro angle and be 'unlocked' on the target and still be able to fire a straight running, non-turning torpedo. Thats what is sometimes required for a snapshot, but i cant get the torps to run straight.

thanks!!