Slide Rule Targeting for SHIII/SHIV

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by jmr

Well I'm feeling a bit more comfortable practicing your example in this thread but over in this thread you gave a different example where the difference in bearing checks was only 7 degrees. I'm having a bit of trouble duplicating your results for that problem.

I'll have to revisit it when I get a bit more time, perhaps tomorrow.

Although, I notice that I referenced using the A scale against the S scale, but if you have a 'normal' S scale it should go against the C or D scale.

Plus, that was kind of an off-the-cuff first stab at explaining it, so I could have some errors in there.

I'll take a look at it again in the next couple of days (real life unfortunately intrudes!).

By the way, I have been getting more accurate results from the circular rule at the sphere site doing some paper exercises that simulate what you would see in the game, vice using either of my linear rules. Plus, I put the banjo doohickey on the reverse. I still have to figure out how to use it. I don't know that it is necessary, though, because my method gives you an accurate AOB, and you can figure the base course of the target if necessary using the same principles.


Oh, and the *EXACT* conversion from meters per second to knots is 5.144, so 5.15 should be close enough.

The *EXACT* conversion from yards per second to knots is 5.6267, so 5.60 should be close enough.