Who actually uses the PK?

[razark]

The PK is useful, because I can input the target's course, bearing, range, and speed and not have to worry about keeping track of him. I can go under, maneuver, keep the scope down, etc. With a quick glance at the PK, I know where he is and if I have a good shot. With DOK, I would need to be in a specific location relative to the enemy. It's a useful tool, but it doesn't cover every situation. The more tools you have (and know how to use), the more likely you are to turn Imperial shipping into artificial reefs.

Originally Posted by msumpsi

Try to use Okane method wiith map update off, i doubt it works since you have no means of getting the speed accuratly, which is the data the method is base on.

Two bearing/range fixes can give you his speed and course, as accurately as your readings. Visually, radar, sonar, or by map contacts. As long as you have two plotted positions, you can figure it out. You don't even need to ever see the target to hit it.

[msumpsi]

Originally Posted by razark

The PK is useful, because I can input the target's course, bearing, range, and speed and not have to worry about keeping track of him. I can go under, maneuver, keep the scope down, etc. With a quick glance at the PK, I know where he is and if I have a good shot. With DOK, I would need to be in a specific location relative to the enemy. It's a useful tool, but it doesn't cover every situation. The more tools you have (and know how to use), the more likely you are to turn Imperial shipping into artificial reefs.


Two bearing/range fixes can give you his speed and course, as accurately as your readings. Visually, radar, sonar, or by map contacts. As long as you have two plotted positions, you can figure it out. You don't even need to ever see the target to hit it.

If you play an S boat you do not have rador for vry long time, and the accuracy of the actve sonar is hilarious.

[razark]

Originally Posted by msumpsi

If you play an S boat you do not have rador for vry long time, and the accuracy of the actve sonar is hilarious.

For realism, you shouldn't be using the TDC in an S-boat anyway. Slide rule and stopwatch, paper and pen, ruler and protractor.

Playing an S-boat can be a completely different game.

[msumpsi]

Originally Posted by razark

The PK is useful, because I can input the target's course, bearing, range, and speed and not have to worry about keeping track of him. I can go under, maneuver, keep the scope down, etc. With a quick glance at the PK, I know where he is and if I have a good shot. With DOK, I would need to be in a specific location relative to the enemy. It's a useful tool, but it doesn't cover every situation. The more tools you have (and know how to use), the more likely you are to turn Imperial shipping into artificial reefs.


Two bearing/range fixes can give you his speed and course, as accurately as your readings. Visually, radar, sonar, or by map contacts. As long as you have two plotted positions, you can figure it out. You don't even need to ever see the target to hit it.

Originally Posted by razark

For realism, you shouldn't be using the TDC in an S-boat anyway. Slide rule and stopwatch, paper and pen, ruler and protractor.

Playing an S-boat can be a completely different game.

Well, I play RFB which does not allow SCAF or OTC and so the marks of my optics are anything but real, so i have to use the TDC.

[Fish40]

I'm also a RFB user, and also use the TDC with great success I may add. With RFB, you need to take range measurements from specific parts of the different classes of ships. Merchantmen= Highest Mast, Warships= Top of Funnel, Carriers= Top of Flight Deck. In reality, the highest point on any ship was used as reference for range, but in the sim, this was found to be inaccurate.

As far as the DO method goes, I have also used this with success as well. As long as you have an accurate speed calculation, you're good to go. I still use this method, but mostly in very low vis. situations. With Radar, I can obtain course and speed, and with Sonar determine his bearing. When his bearing is close (can't visually see him), I fire my spread.

[Armistead]

I seldom use OK method. I use rather difficult tweaked settings, so I don't want to be stuck to a fixed position that can leave me broadside to an escort. I prefer to attack as close as possible in the middle of convoys, so I need to get past escorts, which means constant turning and evading. Once I have the TDC set, I'll unlock target and shoot by the wire, setting new bearings as they cross the wire.

[TorpX]

I usually am not using the TDC, but if I was I would certainly use the PK.

Part of the reason it seems less useful to you, is due to the limitations of the game. In RL, enemy ships would often zig-zag, and this would in turn often require the sub to maneuver. RL skippers had it harder than we do.