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08-15-11, 05:53 PM
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Grey Wolf
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Course Intercept Calculation
Whats the formula to calculate a course intercept?
Does anyone know? Thanks
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08-15-11, 07:15 PM
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Officer
 Join Date: Jan 2008
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I don't know of a mathamatical formula, so here's an old plotting trick.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=118988 |
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08-15-11, 07:25 PM
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Navy Seal
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Here's the original tutorial from the SH3 days:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=88961
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08-15-11, 09:29 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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go to the MoBo forum. Download MoBo. Use it.
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08-15-11, 10:37 PM
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Grey Wolf
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I did the trigonometric formula. My equation, with variables calculated, ended up being like 4 lines long.
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08-15-11, 11:07 PM
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Ocean Warrior
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aaronblood's Mobo program
go to main forum. sroll down to Special Projects on the main forum page. Under special projects is MoBo. It is a masterpiece.
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08-16-11, 12:22 PM
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The Old Man
 Join Date: Apr 2008
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Once you get the hang of it, you can plot an intercept course in less than a minute that wil get you in a good position in front of the target. 
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Linear Mode
