Couple of dumb questions...

[eers75]

Originally Posted by TorpX

This is a misconception about the 'Okane' method. O'Kane did not use the 'Okane' method. This method was developed by Rockin' Robbins, who named it in honor of Dick O'Kane. Same goes for the 'Cromwell' method.

WOW, definitely a misconception. Im shocked to be honest. I ordered "Clear the Bridge" the other day but its not here yet so ive been stuck trying to find snippets of war patrol reports from the web until it gets here. Ive become fascinated with Okane since returning to subsim as I never really tried to learn anything in depth years ago when I was here.

So I will look this up but why is it called the "Okane" method? Was it just something that Rockin Robbins really just made up? Im asking because I really thought that this method was one of the reasons that Okane was so successful.

Im not too proud to admit this is what I thought and im glad you pointed this out because that would have been my story

[Sniper297]

29 knots works out to about 979 yards per minute, 16 yards per second. Round it off since precision doesn't matter that much, 1000 yards per minute. Got three targets, ranges 1500 yards, 2000 yards, 2500 yards, you fire at the farthest first then wait - how long? 500 yards is 30 seconds, so fire two at the farthest, wait 30, fire two at the midrange, wait 30 more, fire at the closest. Not gonna be exact since the targets are moving so the range is opening or closing, if they're closing (which they should be or you're in a bad attack position) shave 5 seconds off and shift targets every 25 seconds. Fire at 12:00:00, 12:00:25, and 12:00:50, then at 12:02:00 the first fish has traveled 2000 yards, second 1600 (ABOUT!) yards, third 1200 yards. They should all impact at about the same time. Within 10 seconds of each other is good timing, but within 20 works fine too, even 30 gives little time to react.

[TorpX]

Originally Posted by eers75

WOW, definitely a misconception. Im shocked to be honest. I ordered "Clear the Bridge" the other day but its not here yet so ive been stuck trying to find snippets of war patrol reports from the web until it gets here. Ive become fascinated with Okane since returning to subsim as I never really tried to learn anything in depth years ago when I was here.

So I will look this up but why is it called the "Okane" method? Was it just something that Rockin Robbins really just made up? Im asking because I really thought that this method was one of the reasons that Okane was so successful.

Im not too proud to admit this is what I thought and im glad you pointed this out because that would have been my story

Don't feel bad. I'm sure many had thought the same thing.

RR developed his method and wanted a better name than XYZ method. I don't think he picked O'Kane for any particular reason.



O'Kane is my favorite, too. If you like Clear the Bridge, you should also get Wahoo.

O'Kane mainly used the TDC in the way it was meant to be used. That is, to it's full scope of functionality. By this, I mean he didn't rely on 'canned' approaches, where one must approach, or fire at certain angles. He had a little trick where he spread the torpedoes by putting the scope reticle on another part of the ship, so the crew would recompute with the new bearing. (As opposed to using a specific angle spread.) I don't know if he was the only one to do this or not.

Something else O'Kane did. He used model ships on a turn table to practice calling out Aob angles, and honing his skill in this regard.
[I believe he describes this in Wahoo.]