prototype DIY 3-bearing AOB Sliderule released

Sea Hawk · 06-08-09, 07:32 PM

Ive used it quite a few times. I find it realy usefull and Ive not yet got round to laminating it and hingeing it. More difficult to use sliding about pieces of paper, but I do get there in the end.

I particularly like the method of moving the U-boat after the 3rd bearing and taking a 4th bearing to get the exact position of the target as well as its AOB.

Many thanks Pisces, its much appreciated.

Sea Hawk · 06-08-09, 07:35 PM

What was the linear design like?
Ive tried opening ("Another Course Computer") on this site: http://www.gizmology.net/silenthunter/ but I cannot open the link.

makman94 · 06-08-09, 09:36 PM

hello Pisces,

maybe you will find some interest at this site : http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/build.html
(i remember that you were after a 'line' rule)
it was posted by Don1read (IIRC his name)
also you will find some nice circular rules there

bye

Pisces · 06-09-09, 09:51 AM

Thanks Makman, I allready bought a basic handheld linear slideruler on the second hand market here. It can't do exponential functions iirc but for sin and tangents it's perfect. But I still use Hitman's attack disk anyway.

SeaHawk, see the underlined words "this post" in my initial message? Press it! You'll see a bad webcam image of the one I made. There is a download link to my homepage of these files I manage to save. It's not a total recreation of that site. Just a html and the template in 2 different formats, .gif (for your average image editor, it's a bitmap so enlarging might not look good.) and .dwg (if you can open AutoCAD drawings, should be no problem enlarging it to any size as it is a vector format). You cut the part with the triangle and scale off the paper( the triangle points to the cut-line), and fold the rest into a sleeve (the thin part next to the cutline is a glue strip). The 'triangle' paper should fit inthe sleeve exactly. But you probably need to use a stiff sheet of paper to make it last.

Pisces · 01-30-10, 07:34 AM

I figured my original post could do with a picture.

BillCar · 01-30-10, 11:44 AM

This makes me wonder - is there a mod that allows the incorporation of the Angriffsscheibe and this wonderful tool without being a full OLC or U-Jagd GUI? I ask this because I would like to use these in-game with the Hitman Optics mod, which uses the GWX 3.0 base GUI, more or less.

Pisces · 01-30-10, 12:00 PM

I only know of this one that included it.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=157376

06-08-09, 07:32 PM	#1
Sea Hawk Loader Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Warrington Posts: 88 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	Ive used it quite a few times. I find it realy usefull and Ive not yet got round to laminating it and hingeing it. More difficult to use sliding about pieces of paper, but I do get there in the end. I particularly like the method of moving the U-boat after the 3rd bearing and taking a 4th bearing to get the exact position of the target as well as its AOB. Many thanks Pisces, its much appreciated. __________________ "engage the enemy more closely" Admiral Horatio Nelson 21/10/1805 Trafalgar

06-08-09, 07:35 PM	#2
Sea Hawk Loader Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Warrington Posts: 88 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	What was the linear design like? Ive tried opening ("Another Course Computer") on this site: http://www.gizmology.net/silenthunter/ but I cannot open the link. __________________ "engage the enemy more closely" Admiral Horatio Nelson 21/10/1805 Trafalgar

06-08-09, 09:36 PM	#3
makman94 Hellas Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,325 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 7	hello Pisces, maybe you will find some interest at this site : http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/build.html (i remember that you were after a 'line' rule) it was posted by Don1read (IIRC his name) also you will find some nice circular rules there bye __________________ Knowledge is the only thing that nobody can ever take from you... Mediafire page:http://www.mediafire.com/folder/da50.../Makman94_Mods

06-09-09, 09:51 AM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Thanks Makman, I allready bought a basic handheld linear slideruler on the second hand market here. It can't do exponential functions iirc but for sin and tangents it's perfect. But I still use Hitman's attack disk anyway. SeaHawk, see the underlined words "this post" in my initial message? Press it! You'll see a bad webcam image of the one I made. There is a download link to my homepage of these files I manage to save. It's not a total recreation of that site. Just a html and the template in 2 different formats, .gif (for your average image editor, it's a bitmap so enlarging might not look good.) and .dwg (if you can open AutoCAD drawings, should be no problem enlarging it to any size as it is a vector format). You cut the part with the triangle and scale off the paper( the triangle points to the cut-line), and fold the rest into a sleeve (the thin part next to the cutline is a glue strip). The 'triangle' paper should fit inthe sleeve exactly. But you probably need to use a stiff sheet of paper to make it last. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

01-30-10, 07:34 AM	#5
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I figured my original post could do with a picture. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

01-30-10, 11:44 AM	#6
BillCar Engineer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 203 Downloads: 73 Uploads: 0	This makes me wonder - is there a mod that allows the incorporation of the Angriffsscheibe and this wonderful tool without being a full OLC or U-Jagd GUI? I ask this because I would like to use these in-game with the Hitman Optics mod, which uses the GWX 3.0 base GUI, more or less. __________________ SH3: 100% Realism, DID, GWX 3.0 + SH3 Commander 3.2 + HITMAN'S BETA GUI FOR GWX 3.0 (in a word: AMAZING) + FM Interiors + SH5 Water + Thomsen's Sound Pack 3.2 + BillCar's Sonar Ping http://tinyurl.com/billcarpingmod SH4: 100% Realism, DID, RFB / TMO1.9+RSRDC / OM+OMEGU.

01-30-10, 12:00 PM	#7
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	I only know of this one that included it. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=157376 __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads