Contact Intercept

sixcoins · 08-30-12, 07:20 PM

Hello Sailors.

I'm having a problem with intercepting contacts. Spending a lot of time studying and trying it out, but I keep coming up short.

First, let me say I've done my studying. I'm reading the tutorials and practicing in game.

Right now, in particular, I'm using this tutorial. It seems to be all that I need for now, and this is the one I want to master. I'll add more tools to my bag later for certain, but right now my question is based on this method.

I'm using thread The Hunt: An illustrated example of how to sink a ship.

My problem comes up when it's time to draw the circle. Just for the sake of conversation, I'm using a scale factor of 10. If My target is going 9 knots, then my line showing his track is 90knots. Therefore, if my speed is 12, my compass circle is using a radius of 120.

The instructions i'm following for this part of the procedure is as follows...

So you draw a circle, centered at the end of the ruler measurement you did in step 3, with a radius of 160 mks... why 160 mks? because in step three you chose to represent each knot by 10 mks, remember? (If in step three you'de had measured 6 kms for the 6 knots you would now be drawing a circle radius of 16 kms for 16 knots, and so on). Let's look at your circle
http://static.flickr.com/36/93898889_aa6ce333c7_o.jpg
Take special notice of were the circle cuts the line formed from your u-boat to the contact.

This is where my problem comes in .... My circle never intersects the line formed from my u-boat to the contact. My circle is always waaaaay too big. It's the correct size according to the tutorial, which I understand it should be u-boat speed x 10. (10 is the multiplier I used when drawing the target ships course) However, even though it seems to be the correct numbers, it doesn't create any useful information. It's just a circle around the whole shebang.

I really want to be able to do this method. I won't be able to do it until I understand whatever it is that I'm overlooking.

Can anyone see my error? I can't.

Thanks in advance.

Six

08-30-12, 07:20 PM	#1
sixcoins Seaman Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 40 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Contact Intercept Hello Sailors. I'm having a problem with intercepting contacts. Spending a lot of time studying and trying it out, but I keep coming up short. First, let me say I've done my studying. I'm reading the tutorials and practicing in game. Right now, in particular, I'm using this tutorial. It seems to be all that I need for now, and this is the one I want to master. I'll add more tools to my bag later for certain, but right now my question is based on this method. I'm using thread The Hunt: An illustrated example of how to sink a ship. My problem comes up when it's time to draw the circle. Just for the sake of conversation, I'm using a scale factor of 10. If My target is going 9 knots, then my line showing his track is 90knots. Therefore, if my speed is 12, my compass circle is using a radius of 120. The instructions i'm following for this part of the procedure is as follows... So you draw a circle, centered at the end of the ruler measurement you did in step 3, with a radius of 160 mks... why 160 mks? because in step three you chose to represent each knot by 10 mks, remember? (If in step three you'de had measured 6 kms for the 6 knots you would now be drawing a circle radius of 16 kms for 16 knots, and so on). Let's look at your circle http://static.flickr.com/36/93898889_aa6ce333c7_o.jpg Take special notice of were the circle cuts the line formed from your u-boat to the contact. This is where my problem comes in .... My circle never intersects the line formed from my u-boat to the contact. My circle is always waaaaay too big. It's the correct size according to the tutorial, which I understand it should be u-boat speed x 10. (10 is the multiplier I used when drawing the target ships course) However, even though it seems to be the correct numbers, it doesn't create any useful information. It's just a circle around the whole shebang. I really want to be able to do this method. I won't be able to do it until I understand whatever it is that I'm overlooking. Can anyone see my error? I can't. Thanks in advance. Six