Contact bearing compass sheet for GWX

Canovaro · 02-16-08, 03:30 PM

Contact bearing compass for GWX

What’s it for?
In GWX 2.0 contacts appear on the map without an exact heading. Heading is given something like NW (northwest) or SSE (south-southeast). This makes an intercept more challenging, because the usual attack is: laying in wait on the target’s path to make visual contact and then do the visual plotting. This compass sheet (pdf file) makes it easier.

It's part of my personal 'Kaleun handbuch', a collection of sheets and forms. Thought I'd like to share.

Edit: this compass is now part of my 'document collection'. Read more here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=131867

looney · 02-17-08, 04:17 AM

Great minds think alike..

I got a similar sheet. But written with a pen. I use it all the time.

flag4 · 02-17-08, 07:11 AM

canovaro,

could you give a pictorial example -

can you show me how it works on your map ?

i relate better to 'show' than 'tell.'

sounds v. inertesting....

Butzis · 02-17-08, 07:22 AM

I Have the same problem als Komndante Canovaro.
In GWX 2.0 : 0° is always to North !
We need 0° in the direcction of our Boot.
Thanks

Platapus · 02-17-08, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canovaro

It's part of my personal 'Kaleun handbuch', a collection of sheets and forms. Thought I'd like to share.

This is nice. What other sheets and forms do you have?

I think using stuff like this adds to the "role playing" aspect of the game

Canovaro · 02-17-08, 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flag4

canovaro,

could you give a pictorial example -

can you show me how it works on your map ?

i relate better to 'show' than 'tell.'

sounds v. inertesting....

I updated the pdf with a picture, hope it helps!

Canovaro · 02-17-08, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canovaro

It's part of my personal 'Kaleun handbuch', a collection of sheets and forms. Thought I'd like to share.

This is nice. What other sheets and forms do you have?

I think using stuff like this adds to the "role playing" aspect of the game

Things like:
Target speed / bearing table for firing torpedo "straight shots".
Officer training program form.
Contact and convoy observation note sheets.
And hydrophone speed calculation tables, although the data on these are orginally mine.

I can't sink a hip without those sheets!!

flag4 · 02-17-08, 08:43 AM

canovaro,

please forgive me !

so this is not a mod, but a printable sheet to work from ?

also,
like the sound of target speed/bearing table....

Canovaro · 02-17-08, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flag4

canovaro,

please forgive me !

so this is not a mod, but a printable sheet to work from ?

Yes it's not a mod.

Quote:

also,
like the sound of target speed/bearing table....

I will post either just that or the whole stuff here soon.

MarkShot · 02-17-08, 03:50 PM

I had a text file for that and have been doing the same as you with the following addition.

Based on the contacts speed converted into Km/hr (use pull down chart in GWX2), I take the ruler and draw line segments showing where the convoy will be at the top of every hour. Then, you plot a navigation line to the vague convoy track. Using your navigator and your line segments, you can adjust your intercept such that you arrive say at an intercept area a couple of hours prior to the convoy allowing optimum time to setup the shot.

Thanks for the PDF; looks nicer than my text file.

Captain Nemo · 02-18-08, 05:24 AM

Thanks Canovaro, I will find this tool useful.

Nemo

Konovalov · 02-18-08, 07:17 AM

Looks like a handy plotting intercept tool. Have printed it out and will give it a try. Thanks.

Einsman · 02-18-08, 08:38 AM

Thank you Canovaro.

It will be a great help for me

With your permission, I am going to translate it to spanish and post in www.simulacionnaval.com

Thanks

bruschi sauro · 02-18-08, 08:41 AM

ok IT WORK VERY WELL. WELL DONE JOB MATE.

Canovaro · 02-18-08, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkShot

I had a text file for that and have been doing the same as you with the following addition.

Based on the contacts speed converted into Km/hr (use pull down chart in GWX2), I take the ruler and draw line segments showing where the convoy will be at the top of every hour. Then, you plot a navigation line to the vague convoy track. Using your navigator and your line segments, you can adjust your intercept such that you arrive say at an intercept area a couple of hours prior to the convoy allowing optimum time to setup the shot.

Thanks for the PDF; looks nicer than my text file.

You're welcome. Good addition!

02-16-08, 03:30 PM	#1
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Contact bearing compass sheet for GWX Contact bearing compass for GWX What’s it for? In GWX 2.0 contacts appear on the map without an exact heading. Heading is given something like NW (northwest) or SSE (south-southeast). This makes an intercept more challenging, because the usual attack is: laying in wait on the target’s path to make visual contact and then do the visual plotting. This compass sheet (pdf file) makes it easier. It's part of my personal 'Kaleun handbuch', a collection of sheets and forms. Thought I'd like to share. Edit: this compass is now part of my 'document collection'. Read more here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=131867 Last edited by Canovaro; 02-29-08 at 02:55 AM.

02-17-08, 07:11 AM	#3
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	canovaro, could you give a pictorial example - can you show me how it works on your map ? *i relate better to 'show' than 'tell.'* *sounds v. inertesting....* __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

02-17-08, 07:22 AM	#4
Butzis Loader Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Berlin Posts: 89 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	I Have the same problem als Komndante Canovaro. In GWX 2.0 : 0° is always to North ! We need 0° in the direcction of our Boot. Thanks __________________

02-17-08, 08:43 AM	#8
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	canovaro, please forgive me ! so this is not a mod, but a printable sheet to work from ? *also,* *like the sound of target speed/bearing table....* __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

02-17-08, 03:50 PM	#10
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	I had a text file for that and have been doing the same as you with the following addition. Based on the contacts speed converted into Km/hr (use pull down chart in GWX2), I take the ruler and draw line segments showing where the convoy will be at the top of every hour. Then, you plot a navigation line to the vague convoy track. Using your navigator and your line segments, you can adjust your intercept such that you arrive say at an intercept area a couple of hours prior to the convoy allowing optimum time to setup the shot. Thanks for the PDF; looks nicer than my text file. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!

02-17-08, 04:17 AM	#2
looney Commodore Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sneek, The Netherlands Posts: 635 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Great minds think alike.. I got a similar sheet. But written with a pen. I use it all the time.

02-18-08, 05:24 AM	#11
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Thanks Canovaro, I will find this tool useful. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

02-18-08, 07:17 AM	#12
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Looks like a handy plotting intercept tool. Have printed it out and will give it a try. Thanks. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

02-18-08, 08:38 AM	#13
Einsman Engineer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In one place in the Atlantic, say A Coruña, Galiza (Spain) Posts: 214 Downloads: 187 Uploads: 0	Thank you Canovaro. It will be a great help for me With your permission, I am going to translate it to spanish and post in www.simulacionnaval.com Thanks Last edited by Einsman; 02-18-08 at 09:06 AM.

02-18-08, 08:41 AM	#14
bruschi sauro Frogman Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florence Italy Posts: 307 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	ok IT WORK VERY WELL. WELL DONE JOB MATE.