technicality

Bosje · 09-04-09, 03:16 AM

so when we set up a fast 90 attack, keep the periscope pointed at the target and watch the gyro-angle update as bearing and AOB are automatically updated by the TDC, that's historically how the machine worked, yes?

next question: the only important number which comes out is the gyro-angle, because that's needed by the torpedo. how did that value get transferred into the torpedo? was there a guy in the torpedo room who read the gyro angle off a gauge and 'programmed' the torpedo just before shooting or was it done automatically?

I frequently set speed and AOB to 0 and aim the periscope at a 15-20 lead angle for shooting at destroyers etc, would that have worked like that in a real boat?

thanks,

Bosje

mookiemookie · 09-04-09, 08:20 AM

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next question: the only important number which comes out is the gyro-angle, because that's needed by the torpedo. how did that value get transferred into the torpedo? was there a guy in the torpedo room who read the gyro angle off a gauge and 'programmed' the torpedo just before shooting or was it done automatically?

It was done automatically. There was an interface in the torpedo tube that was linked to the TDC. As you changed the values in the TDC, it was relayed automatically to the torpedo in the tube.

sharkbit · 09-04-09, 08:31 AM

I just got Anatomy of the Ship: The Type VII U-Boat last week and they have a pretty good detail of the torpedo tubes. It looks like there is a way that it could be done manually as well at the tube in the event the automatic means failed through mechanical linkage.

I've always thought that some of the holes you see in the side of the torpedoes are where the mechanisms for making settings are inserted and then withdrawn at the time of firing.

Bosje · 09-04-09, 08:41 AM

cool, thanks for the interesting info

what will they think of next

Jimbuna · 09-04-09, 11:42 AM

Homing torpedoes

BulSoldier · 09-05-09, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Homing torpedoes

Nahh you read to much fantasy books, next you will say they will invent computer witch will fit in your suitcase and will run on batteries, pleaseee

09-04-09, 03:16 AM	#1
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	technicality so when we set up a fast 90 attack, keep the periscope pointed at the target and watch the gyro-angle update as bearing and AOB are automatically updated by the TDC, that's historically how the machine worked, yes? next question: the only important number which comes out is the gyro-angle, because that's needed by the torpedo. how did that value get transferred into the torpedo? was there a guy in the torpedo room who read the gyro angle off a gauge and 'programmed' the torpedo just before shooting or was it done automatically? I frequently set speed and AOB to 0 and aim the periscope at a 15-20 lead angle for shooting at destroyers etc, would that have worked like that in a real boat? thanks, Bosje __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!

09-04-09, 08:31 AM	#3
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	I just got Anatomy of the Ship: The Type VII U-Boat last week and they have a pretty good detail of the torpedo tubes. It looks like there is a way that it could be done manually as well at the tube in the event the automatic means failed through mechanical linkage. I've always thought that some of the holes you see in the side of the torpedoes are where the mechanisms for making settings are inserted and then withdrawn at the time of firing. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

09-04-09, 08:41 AM	#4
Bosje Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 732 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	cool, thanks for the interesting info what will they think of next __________________ And when an 800-ton Uboat has you by the tits... you listen!

09-04-09, 11:42 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,481 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Homing torpedoes __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!