Are you "Handed"?

Patboot · 09-14-07, 10:08 AM

When given a choice on which attack angle, what do you usually try to make?
I've found, oddly, that I'm always trying to get the target to pass port to starboard. Not that I don't take what's on the plate, but given time and choice, I will.

Anyone else have this quirk?

Dowly · 09-14-07, 10:10 AM

I usually attack head on. Go head-to-head with the convoy and when the position is right, laucnh the toprsös.

Kpt. Lehmann · 09-14-07, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

toprsös.

Are those potatoes?

<Sorry, one shouldn't post when hungry.>

danlisa · 09-14-07, 10:44 AM

LOL, I think Dowly has 6-8 friends over for tea.:rotfl:

To answer the threads question:

Don't really have a preference. It totally depends on where I am when I receive the contact details.

If I get details of a convoy travelling SW and I'm travelling NW, I'm not about to get 'above' the convoy and turn around.

Jimbuna · 09-14-07, 11:07 AM

Approach from a position of ahead....and perpendicular to their course.

I got some interesting text splatterings off him over on the TS log file....really made me blush they did

Dowly · 09-14-07, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by danlisa

LOL, I think Dowly has 6-8 friends over for tea.:rotfl:

To answer the threads question:

Don't really have a preference. It totally depends on where I am when I receive the contact details.

If I get details of a convoy travelling SW and I'm travelling NW, I'm not about to get 'above' the convoy and turn around.

No, shut up. This teas's mine, mine alone.

Canovaro · 09-14-07, 01:07 PM

I prefer right to left, because 0-90 is easier to work with than 360-270 (I use manual targeting with a torpedo bearing chart a lot)

papa_smurf · 09-14-07, 01:28 PM

Neither, I attack when I get a contact no matter the heading.

IrischKapitan · 09-14-07, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Canovaro

I prefer right to left, because 0-90 is easier to work with than 360-270 (I use manual targeting with a torpedo bearing chart a lot)

Exactly like me....

Kpt, Otto · 09-14-07, 03:46 PM

When its comes to convoys I prefere to try to attack head on creeping around the escorts and getting amongst the convoy then attack from within.

For vessels sailing independantly, or straglers, I prefere to attack from the front and perpendicular to their course. Their course crossing port to starboard or vice versa doesn't matter to me really.

Spruence M · 09-14-07, 05:11 PM

U-27 is like an old match.

Strike Anyway Baby!

Brag · 09-15-07, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Quote:

Originally Posted by danlisa

LOL, I think Dowly has 6-8 friends over for tea.:rotfl:

To answer the threads question:

Don't really have a preference. It totally depends on where I am when I receive the contact details.

If I get details of a convoy travelling SW and I'm travelling NW, I'm not about to get 'above' the convoy and turn around.

No, shut up. This teas's mine, mine alone.

After drinking Dowly's tea, I usually end up a bit on the port side of the convoy, requiring a right turn to get perpendicular to the targets (that tea is wicked) :rotfl: :rotfl:

Dowly · 09-15-07, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Brag

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Quote:

Originally Posted by danlisa

LOL, I think Dowly has 6-8 friends over for tea.:rotfl:

To answer the threads question:

Don't really have a preference. It totally depends on where I am when I receive the contact details.

If I get details of a convoy travelling SW and I'm travelling NW, I'm not about to get 'above' the convoy and turn around.

No, shut up. This teas's mine, mine alone.

After drinking Dowly's tea, I usually end up a bit on the port side of the convoy, requiring a right turn to get perpendicular to the targets (that tea is wicked) :rotfl: :rotfl:

So it was you!? Do you have any idea how long I tried to find it last night?!

Canovaro · 09-15-07, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

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Originally Posted by Brag

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Quote:

Originally Posted by danlisa

LOL, I think Dowly has 6-8 friends over for tea.:rotfl:

To answer the threads question:

Don't really have a preference. It totally depends on where I am when I receive the contact details.

If I get details of a convoy travelling SW and I'm travelling NW, I'm not about to get 'above' the convoy and turn around.

No, shut up. This teas's mine, mine alone.

After drinking Dowly's tea, I usually end up a bit on the port side of the convoy, requiring a right turn to get perpendicular to the targets (that tea is wicked) :rotfl: :rotfl:

So it was you!? Do you have any idea how long I tried to find it last night?!

Okay I confess: The other cup of Dowly's tea I use for diesel oil. Ups my speed to 45 kts

stew278 · 09-15-07, 02:33 PM

I don't think I favor attacks from either side of the target. In the case of convoys it seems like about 2/3 of the time I end up attacking from the port side because that is where I am when the convoy is detected. Probably just a result of the normal convoy routes and my choice of patrol patterns. And lone merchants I usually try to set up with a shot from the stern tubes if I can.

09-14-07, 10:08 AM	#1
Patboot Engineer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 212 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Are you "Handed"? When given a choice on which attack angle, what do you usually try to make? I've found, oddly, that I'm always trying to get the target to pass port to starboard. Not that I don't take what's on the plate, but given time and choice, I will. Anyone else have this quirk?

09-14-07, 10:44 AM	#4
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	LOL, I think Dowly has 6-8 friends over for tea.:rotfl: To answer the threads question: Don't really have a preference. It totally depends on where I am when I receive the contact details. If I get details of a convoy travelling SW and I'm travelling NW, I'm not about to get 'above' the convoy and turn around. __________________

09-14-07, 11:07 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Approach from a position of ahead....and perpendicular to their course. I got some interesting text splatterings off him over on the TS log file....really made me blush they did __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-14-07, 03:46 PM	#10
Kpt, Otto Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Head on... When its comes to convoys I prefere to try to attack head on creeping around the escorts and getting amongst the convoy then attack from within. For vessels sailing independantly, or straglers, I prefere to attack from the front and perpendicular to their course. Their course crossing port to starboard or vice versa doesn't matter to me really. __________________ Kpt, Otto. My War Diary and Website. . . Here. . .!

09-14-07, 10:10 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I usually attack head on. Go head-to-head with the convoy and when the position is right, laucnh the toprsös.

09-14-07, 01:07 PM	#7
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I prefer right to left, because 0-90 is easier to work with than 360-270 (I use manual targeting with a torpedo bearing chart a lot)

09-14-07, 01:28 PM	#8
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Neither, I attack when I get a contact no matter the heading.

09-14-07, 05:11 PM	#11
Spruence M Sonar Guy Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 14 Meters Posts: 394 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	U-27 is like an old match. Strike Anyway Baby!

09-15-07, 02:33 PM	#15
stew278 Loader Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 81 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	I don't think I favor attacks from either side of the target. In the case of convoys it seems like about 2/3 of the time I end up attacking from the port side because that is where I am when the convoy is detected. Probably just a result of the normal convoy routes and my choice of patrol patterns. And lone merchants I usually try to set up with a shot from the stern tubes if I can.