Fun with the Hydrophone .

Dogfish40 · 12-20-10, 01:58 PM

I learned a great deal about the Hydrophones over the weekend patrolling around Luzon.
One; I didn't know that I could track those missed torpedoes to make sure they aren't coming back to bite me in the (leg).
Two; I was having a real slow patrol up until I started checking the Hydrophone myself more often. I picked up two hits that we would've missed had I left it to the SO (I'm gonna replace a couple of officers when we get back to manila).
Using the Gyro compass bearing and the outer bearing on the Hydro-phone, I positioned the ship for a great stern shot without having to use the periscope as there was an enemy aircraft that kept showing up everytime we got near the suface we were down to 3 bow torpedoes with 8 stern, I finally raised it when we went to fire. While this was going on I also figured out why the bearing tools in the map page are all upside down ie; 180 degrees is in the north position. LOL. I could not get that,.... Until I started to plot the course and then it fell into place. The bearing tool is upside down to make it easier to draw the line with respect to the bearing you want to plot. Hope someone else was wondering about that so I don't feel so alone

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I'm going to be checking Hydrophones a lot more often from now on.
It's one more thing that makes the game interesting and satisfying.
Good Hunting
D40

12-20-10, 01:58 PM	#1
Dogfish40 Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: LA Area, Central coast, California Posts: 1,023 Downloads: 827 Uploads: 0	Fun with the Hydrophone . I learned a great deal about the Hydrophones over the weekend patrolling around Luzon. One; I didn't know that I could track those missed torpedoes to make sure they aren't coming back to bite me in the (leg). Two; I was having a real slow patrol up until I started checking the Hydrophone myself more often. I picked up two hits that we would've missed had I left it to the SO (I'm gonna replace a couple of officers when we get back to manila). Using the Gyro compass bearing and the outer bearing on the Hydro-phone, I positioned the ship for a great stern shot without having to use the periscope as there was an enemy aircraft that kept showing up everytime we got near the suface we were down to 3 bow torpedoes with 8 stern, I finally raised it when we went to fire. While this was going on I also figured out why the bearing tools in the map page are all upside down ie; 180 degrees is in the north position. LOL. I could not get that,.... Until I started to plot the course and then it fell into place. The bearing tool is upside down to make it easier to draw the line with respect to the bearing you want to plot. Hope someone else was wondering about that so I don't feel so alone. I'm going to be checking Hydrophones a lot more often from now on. It's one more thing that makes the game interesting and satisfying. Good Hunting D40 __________________ *Dogfish40*