Plotting on a chart

[[dc]Blade]

Hi all i was wondering the name of a particular chart, Im new to naval sims so you will have to bear with me while il explane the best i can.
The chart i have seen i beleve is to help you plot a target over a given time by bearing rate and distance to target simlar to TMA, but its a chart that looks like a radar with the a ruler at the bottom that you can draw a line through at various points to show distance over time to give you speed, i saw it around a website as a picture or PDF to download, and i have not seen it since i spotted it in a website at work (Lunch Break ) i am sure it was somthing that was given as an aid or training tool, but i cant be sure, Sorry i cant be more discriptive my knowledge at best is vary low at the moment and im hoping if i can locate this chart it might make my understanding a little easier in the ways of plotting and general trigernometry.

Thanks in advance.

[SeaQueen]

A maneuvering board maybe?

Maneuvering boards are hand. Once you do your TMA, you can use them to do things like plot CPA distance, intercept courses, etc.

[[dc]Blade]

Thats it could you point me in the direction of were i could obtain one to print off?

[SeaQueen]

Originally Posted by [dc]Blade

Thats it could you point me in the direction of were i could obtain one to print off?

Here's where you can get some nice reusable ones instead of the paper ones they use in the navy:

http://www.waypoints.com/plottingsheet.html

You can download the radar navigation and maneuvering board manual from the national geospacial intelligence agency's website.

http://www.nga.mil/portal/site/marit...c24fd73927a759

It's actually pretty fun to read if you like geeky navigational stuff...

Originally Posted by [dc]Blade

i saw it around a website as a picture or PDF to download, and i have not seen it since

Thanks in advance.

Your lucky, I know exactly what web page you mean. Most likely because i use the same Maneuvering board all the time.


http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...14308_ch11.pdf

[[dc]Blade]

Thank you all, it`s nice to have been helped out so quickly most apreciated

[Linton]

Can somebody upload a decent copy of one of the templates?The shipping costs to the UK would prohibit ordering a pad,

[[dc]Blade]

IF you look at one of the link to the PDF wich is one of the above posts then you should be able to print off one of those, i think its on page 4 the only problem is that its not quite as big as your proberbly expecting, in wich case it would be nice to have a larger picture possibly a high qaulity JPEG, But as the saying gose beggers cant be chosers (Ie me begging in the first place)

[micky1up]

Originally Posted by [dc]Blade

Hi all i was wondering the name of a particular chart, Im new to naval sims so you will have to bear with me while il explane the best i can.
The chart i have seen i beleve is to help you plot a target over a given time by bearing rate and distance to target simlar to TMA, but its a chart that looks like a radar with the a ruler at the bottom that you can draw a line through at various points to show distance over time to give you speed, i saw it around a website as a picture or PDF to download, and i have not seen it since i spotted it in a website at work (Lunch Break ) i am sure it was somthing that was given as an aid or training tool, but i cant be sure, Sorry i cant be more discriptive my knowledge at best is vary low at the moment and im hoping if i can locate this chart it might make my understanding a little easier in the ways of plotting and general trigernometry.

Thanks in advance.

if you send me your address i could send you some plotting sheets we use them to find course and speed distance of track and courss and speeds to intercept the target i will post how you use em but they are a bit dated now not used much modern radar duz it for you

[[dc]Blade]

Thanks Micky PM sent