perfect setup

Sniper450 · 05-15-10, 05:03 PM

It kills me to have the perfect setup, release to fish at the merchant....and watch them pass underneath the keel without exploding...

...augh early war torpedoes....

ok done venting

SH4 fan · 05-15-10, 06:55 PM

Set the torps to contact influence. In heavy seas I will set them to run a little deeper than the std keel depth.

Sniper450 · 05-15-10, 08:42 PM

Thats what i do..l.several f33t (3) below keel and it they dont go boom

Sailor Steve · 05-15-10, 10:08 PM

Think how the real guys felt. They didn't know what was going on.

And they didn't have switches to change heads. Warheads had a magnetic influence pistol and a contact pistol, and that was what they were stuck with. A few enterprising skippers figured it out and had their torpedo chiefs take them apart and remove the magnetic head, but it wasn't until much later that Admiral Lockwood started investigating the problem.

So the game once again lets us cheat. But then, so does hindsight.

Fish40 · 05-16-10, 07:59 AM

I always set early war torpedoes to shallow depth and slow speed. Seems to help alittle.

Sniper450 · 05-16-10, 12:35 PM

Is contact better than magnetic early war? What year did the magnetic get corrected? I sthat simulated in the game?

05-15-10, 05:03 PM	#1
Sniper450 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 251 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	perfect setup It kills me to have the perfect setup, release to fish at the merchant....and watch them pass underneath the keel without exploding......augh early war torpedoes.... ok done venting

05-15-10, 06:55 PM	#2
SH4 fan Mate Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 51 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Set the torps to contact influence. In heavy seas I will set them to run a little deeper than the std keel depth. __________________ SS308 Apogon ... ... ...-- ----- ---.. .-.-.- / - .... . / ... ..- -... / -.-- --- ..- / -. . ...- . .-. / ... .- .-- .-.-.- http://morsecode.scphillips.com/jtranslator.html

05-15-10, 10:08 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Think how the real guys felt. They didn't know what was going on. And they didn't have switches to change heads. Warheads had a magnetic influence pistol and a contact pistol, and that was what they were stuck with. A few enterprising skippers figured it out and had their torpedo chiefs take them apart and remove the magnetic head, but it wasn't until much later that Admiral Lockwood started investigating the problem. So the game once again lets us cheat. But then, so does hindsight. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-15-10, 08:42 PM	#3
Sniper450 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 251 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	Thats what i do..l.several f33t (3) below keel and it they dont go boom

05-16-10, 07:59 AM	#5
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	I always set early war torpedoes to shallow depth and slow speed. Seems to help alittle.

05-16-10, 12:35 PM	#6
Sniper450 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 251 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	Is contact better than magnetic early war? What year did the magnetic get corrected? I sthat simulated in the game?