Newbie looking for etchasketch's AoB wheel

VonDorkGruber · 02-19-08, 06:23 PM

I'm a SH3 player looking to make the jump to manual targeting, and am trying to find the AoB/Targeting wheel by etchasketch, as mentioned in Wazoo's targeting tutorial.

Anybody know?
TIA

Puster Bill · 02-19-08, 06:39 PM

My advice to you is instead of getting the AOB wheel, go ahead and download Hitman's Kriegsmarine Whiz-Wheel. The thread is here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=114351

This is the side of the wheel that would correspond to the wheel you reference:

It's based on what U-boat commanders actually used. Here is a picture of an actual Kriegsmarine AOB/Course wheel:

The bonus is that the backside of Hitman's wheel is the circular slide rule/"Omnimeter" that roughly corresponds to the US SACF/IS-WAS version. It wasn't present in real life, it appears the Germans used linear slide rules for their calculations, but it is *MUCH* easier to make a circular slide rule than a linear one (trust me!). Here's a pic of the backside:

There is an excellent set of instructions on how to use Hitman's wheel here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=126824

You can use it to find AOB using a couple different methods, target course, find your distance to target track and the speed you need to get to an optimum firing position, the speed of the target in a couple different ways, and a bunch of other very useful things.

joegrundman · 02-19-08, 07:03 PM

what he said, or you can use the ingame versions in the U-jagd tools mod, also found in the OLC-GUI which is a stickied thread on the SH3 mod workshop

Puster Bill · 02-19-08, 07:34 PM

If you have your heart set on Etchasketch's wheel, you can get it here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108253

VonDorkGruber · 02-20-08, 07:56 AM

I'll check out the links. Thanks for the info, all!

VDG

02-19-08, 06:23 PM	#1
VonDorkGruber Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Newbie looking for etchasketch's AoB wheel I'm a SH3 player looking to make the jump to manual targeting, and am trying to find the AoB/Targeting wheel by etchasketch, as mentioned in Wazoo's targeting tutorial. Anybody know? TIA

02-19-08, 06:39 PM	#2
Puster Bill Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: BA8758, or FN33eh for my fellow hams. Posts: 833 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My advice to you is instead of getting the AOB wheel, go ahead and download Hitman's Kriegsmarine Whiz-Wheel. The thread is here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=114351 This is the side of the wheel that would correspond to the wheel you reference: It's based on what U-boat commanders actually used. Here is a picture of an actual Kriegsmarine AOB/Course wheel: The bonus is that the backside of Hitman's wheel is the circular slide rule/"Omnimeter" that roughly corresponds to the US SACF/IS-WAS version. It wasn't present in real life, it appears the Germans used linear slide rules for their calculations, but it is MUCH easier to make a circular slide rule than a linear one (trust me!). Here's a pic of the backside: There is an excellent set of instructions on how to use Hitman's wheel here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=126824 You can use it to find AOB using a couple different methods, target course, find your distance to target track and the speed you need to get to an optimum firing position, the speed of the target in a couple different ways, and a bunch of other very useful things. __________________ The U-Boat Commander of Love Last edited by Puster Bill; 02-19-08 at 07:20 PM.

02-19-08, 07:03 PM	#3
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	what he said, or you can use the ingame versions in the U-jagd tools mod, also found in the OLC-GUI which is a stickied thread on the SH3 mod workshop __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

02-19-08, 07:34 PM	#4
Puster Bill Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: BA8758, or FN33eh for my fellow hams. Posts: 833 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If you have your heart set on Etchasketch's wheel, you can get it here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=108253 __________________ The U-Boat Commander of Love

02-20-08, 07:56 AM	#5
VonDorkGruber Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	I'll check out the links. Thanks for the info, all! VDG