Bit Rusty on AOB

CaptainMattJ. · 04-15-11, 10:14 PM

SH5 auto targeting and no IRAI has been a snore fest, so ive moved onto Manual once again. I remember how to do everything (with map contacts) except i forget AOB

When i do my AOB i use the protractor. I click the first point on my sub, the second point to a position behind the ship, then the third will be aligning it to the ship's bow.

But i forget how to determine the AOB in relation to the Starboard and Port dials.

When is it port and when is it Starboard?

Thanks

Dignan · 04-15-11, 10:18 PM

AOB is the degree angle that the target ship sees you (if he could).

Take the protractor, click somewhere on the target course (ahead of target)
Second, click on the target (this is the anchor point)
Third, click the last point of the protractor on your sub.

The angle is shows is your AOB. If the line connecting the target to your sub is on the target's port side, then it's AOB port and vice versa.

sirbum69 · 04-15-11, 11:11 PM

or an easier way to think of it is,

If the ship is going from right to left...the aob will be on the left side of the dial....

If the ship is going from left to right...Right side of the dial....This is always in relation to the front of your sub...So if you are pointing due south and the ship is also heading in a south east..he would be going Right to left and so his aob would be on the left side of the dial

Pisces · 04-16-11, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

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When is it port and when is it Starboard?

Thanks

Silly mnemonics:

'They LEFT PORT ... at xx:yy hours, local time'

Or, ... 'If you want to board the STARlight-Express, then you need to be RIGHT on time at the (railway)station!'

04-15-11, 10:14 PM	#1
CaptainMattJ. The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sin City Posts: 1,364 Downloads: 55 Uploads: 0	Bit Rusty on AOB SH5 auto targeting and no IRAI has been a snore fest, so ive moved onto Manual once again. I remember how to do everything (with map contacts) except i forget AOB When i do my AOB i use the protractor. I click the first point on my sub, the second point to a position behind the ship, then the third will be aligning it to the ship's bow. But i forget how to determine the AOB in relation to the Starboard and Port dials. When is it port and when is it Starboard? Thanks __________________ A popular Government without popular information nor the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives - James Madison

04-15-11, 10:18 PM	#2
Dignan Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 698 Downloads: 262 Uploads: 0	AOB is the degree angle that the target ship sees you (if he could). Take the protractor, click somewhere on the target course (ahead of target) Second, click on the target (this is the anchor point) Third, click the last point of the protractor on your sub. The angle is shows is your AOB. If the line connecting the target to your sub is on the target's port side, then it's AOB port and vice versa. __________________

04-15-11, 11:11 PM	#3
sirbum69 Navy Dude Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 178 Downloads: 127 Uploads: 0	or an easier way to think of it is, If the ship is going from right to left...the aob will be on the left side of the dial.... If the ship is going from left to right...Right side of the dial....This is always in relation to the front of your sub...So if you are pointing due south and the ship is also heading in a south east..he would be going Right to left and so his aob would be on the left side of the dial