Getting There - S L O W L Y

[YellowTailedNoob]

Greets Amigos!

I know I am in the right place. I've been watching a tutorial on advanced targeting with sonar (over my head, but in for a penny ....). There is a sonar contact reported at 5,000 yards, and reported as heading 325.

Now, I thought that means if I wish to intercept to his current position (I've not yet started to track him - I know to ping him every couple of minutes to establish his heading/speed {is this right? Seems a ping gives you away}), he is 325 degrees off my bow. But the tutorial just said the three two five means a heading of 32, at five thousand yards. Huh?

I'll continue watching, but wanted to ask this before I forget it.

Thanks Troop
Chip (YTN)

How do you ping in SH5?

[YellowTailedNoob]

Originally Posted by severniae

How do you ping in SH5?

Well damn. The tutorial is for SH4, but I figure the concept is similar throughout all versions, no?

Here is the tutorial: http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1280661/...Tutorial_Part1

cb

[robbo180265]

Originally Posted by YellowTailedNoob

Well damn. The tutorial is for SH4, but I figure the concept is similar throughout all versions, no?

Here is the tutorial: http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1280661/...Tutorial_Part1

cb

I'm guessing (not played SHIV) that the ping is sonar. I'm afraid there's no sonar in SHV. You'll have to go to periscope depth or lower and take a hydrophone reading every once in a while instead.

[ddrgn]

Originally Posted by robbo180265

I'm guessing (not played SHIV) that the ping is sonar. I'm afraid there's no sonar in SHV. You'll have to go to periscope depth or lower and take a hydrophone reading every once in a while instead.

No worries, Germans hardly used sonar pings anyways.... It's detectable.