magnetic?!

switch.dota · 06-26-07, 08:34 AM

Mag detonator works all right. Any torpedo properly set to detonate magnetically that passes less than a torpedo's diameter from any ship's keel will go boom.

However I've seen some torpedo tests that suggest visuals might not be extremely accurate, so indeed the mag exploder might not be workign at all.

SteamWake · 06-26-07, 10:02 AM

Just imagine how frustrated the skippers were in real life

ReallyDedPoet · 06-26-07, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Just imagine how frustrated the skippers were in real life

Exactly

RDP

Sailor Steve · 06-26-07, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Just imagine how frustrated the skippers were in real life

Exactly

RDP

We can duplicate their frustration, and add another level of realism. Every time someone posts that the torpedoes aren't working properly, someone reply "You're just making excuses for bad shooting!"

Well, that's what happened to them.

wetwarev7 · 06-26-07, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by switch.dota

Mag detonator works all right. Any torpedo properly set to detonate magnetically that passes less than a torpedo's diameter from any ship's keel will go boom.

However I've seen some torpedo tests that suggest visuals might not be extremely accurate, so indeed the mag exploder might not be workign at all.

Less than a torpedoe's diameter? That doesn't leave much room for mistakes does it?

kv29 · 06-26-07, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by wetwarev7

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Originally Posted by switch.dota

Mag detonator works all right. Any torpedo properly set to detonate magnetically that passes less than a torpedo's diameter from any ship's keel will go boom.

However I've seen some torpedo tests that suggest visuals might not be extremely accurate, so indeed the mag exploder might not be workign at all.

Less than a torpedoe's diameter? That doesn't leave much room for mistakes does it?

a margin of 2 meters is not bad

wetwarev7 · 06-26-07, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by wetwarev7

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Originally Posted by switch.dota

Mag detonator works all right. Any torpedo properly set to detonate magnetically that passes less than a torpedo's diameter from any ship's keel will go boom.

However I've seen some torpedo tests that suggest visuals might not be extremely accurate, so indeed the mag exploder might not be workign at all.

Less than a torpedoe's diameter? That doesn't leave much room for mistakes does it?

a margin of 2 meters is not bad

Torpedoes have a diameter of 2 meters?

That can't be right...:hmm:

kv29 · 06-26-07, 10:31 AM

uuupss, I meant a 2 meters radius would not be bad. What was the magnetic detection radius? In real life I mean.

Sailor Steve · 06-26-07, 10:39 AM

I'm not sure about the actual sensitivity radius, but that's one of the problems with any such device: if it's not sensitive enough you get non-detonations; if it's too sensitive you get way too many pre-dets.

WernerSobe · 06-26-07, 11:38 AM

just use contact detonators and forget the magnetic ones. They work sometimes but at most they dont. Even when they work they are not modeled correctly. They are not doing much more damage as they should. Ive been reading that real magnetic torpedoes are best set 5-7 meters below the keel and not just 2 or 3 feets.

06-26-07, 10:31 AM	#8
kv29 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 342 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	uuupss, I meant a 2 meters radius would not be bad. What was the magnetic detection radius? In real life I mean. Last edited by kv29; 06-26-07 at 10:41 AM.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm not sure about the actual sensitivity radius, but that's one of the problems with any such device: if it's not sensitive enough you get non-detonations; if it's too sensitive you get way too many pre-dets. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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06-26-07, 08:34 AM	#1
switch.dota Captain Join Date: May 2007 Location: Romania Posts: 492 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mag detonator works all right. Any torpedo properly set to detonate magnetically that passes less than a torpedo's diameter from any ship's keel will go boom. However I've seen some torpedo tests that suggest visuals might not be extremely accurate, so indeed the mag exploder might not be workign at all.

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Just imagine how frustrated the skippers were in real life

06-26-07, 11:38 AM	#10
WernerSobe Commodore Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 625 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	just use contact detonators and forget the magnetic ones. They work sometimes but at most they dont. Even when they work they are not modeled correctly. They are not doing much more damage as they should. Ive been reading that real magnetic torpedoes are best set 5-7 meters below the keel and not just 2 or 3 feets.