Navigation Compass with innner dial divided in Ten Sectors..

[Redwine]

Las week in the History Channel i watched a tv documantal film, many images from real age was showd and sudently an image of the navigation Compass appears.

The inner dial was divided in 10 sectors, and has a some kind of cursos, but it inner dial was not static...... it turns.... if i dont had seen bad :hmm: , the zero was not up and the dial was turning.

This means both, inner and outer dials turns, the outer with the sub heading chnages, and the inner ?

What was the real function of this inner dial divided in ten sectors ?

Was a some kind of Timer ?

Thanks in advance.

[don1reed]

Hello Redwine.

The outer dial moves slow and the increments are usually too close together to read easily.

The inner dial moves fast and 0-9 are the individual degrees.

i.e., outer dial reads 340, inner dial read 4, therefore the heading azimuth = 344°


Cheers,

[The Avon Lady]

This is the same inner dial that comes with the Bord Instrumente Mod.

Don1reed's post explains why the Bord mod's inner dial is irrelevant in the game, as the game's inner dial serves a completely different purpose.

[don1reed]

http://ubootwaffe.net/u505/cr_hs.html

Here's an excellent photo of the Helmsman's station in U.505.

Notice that the repeater gyrocompass is installed upside down. Close inspection indicates that the "lubber's line" is at the bottom of the repeater where the 360° (outer dial) and zero mark (inner dial) are located.

[Redwine]

Originally Posted by don1reed

Hello Redwine.

The outer dial moves slow and the increments are usually too close together to read easily.

The inner dial moves fast and 0-9 are the individual degrees.

i.e., outer dial reads 340, inner dial read 4, therefore the heading azimuth = 344°


Cheers,

Many thanks Don Reed... i cant belive i not imagine that, very simple, is a precision dial as in the bearing instrument of the TDC.

Sadly it doesnt works in the game.

May be it is posible to edit the task bar instrument to works same as the bearing Instrument into the TDC, to have the inner "tens" working.

If a turn of the inner dial is 10 degrees, then the small marks are 1/10 of degree, very precise........

[don1reed]

Roger that, Redwine. It seems that they've modeled a magnetic functioning compass in SHIII rather than a gyrocompass, as used aboard metal ships/boats.

cheers,