angular measurement using the hand

[greyrider]

this is something i wanted to show in that thread with the big red x,
but never got a chance, this way of angular measurement is rumored to have been
used by Otto Kretschmer, its quick and fast, and works really well in absence of a bino
with a reticule measuring in mils.

first, i have a 40 inch flat screen that i use for the computer monitor, and my game runs
on the 1920 x 1080 setting in options.

this works great on 1920 x 1080, not sure about other settings, so you may have to calibrate your own hand
if you try to use this method to measure distance.

in the first pic below, it shows how to use the hand to measure distance, one finger width is 30 mils,
2 fingers equal 70 mils, and so on as the pic illustrates. follow its direction in how to measure and you will be all set.



the second pic is a pic of a mission i made with sh4 editor to test the hand measurement for distance.
i placed 2 yamoto battleships in line , 1000 yards between the stern of one to the bow of the other to measure, at 3000 yards in range.



in reality, i used my hand, spreading out the fingers just as pic 1 shows, and that measured 300 mils, and there was actually room for one more
finger, for a total measurement of 330 mils.

for a target at a range of 3000 yards, the ot factor is three, so i have 330 mils times 3 for a total of 990 yards,
pretty accurate, dont you agree?

that is the incredible accuracy of the OTC mod by captscurvy, just a brillant mod, if TMO is the cake, then OTC is the frosting.

the third pic, is my hand trying to measure the distance between the two ships, as i would to set up an offset angle using the offset
dial on the position keeper.

it was a very hard pic to take, trying to hold my hand steady while snapping the pic with my phone made my hand cock alittle, but that doesnt happen when
your just measuring without trying to take a pic, but it does show the method and how it could be used in the game.



so now, if you calibrate your own hand, now you will have a way to measure distance between ships, just another tool added to the toolbox.