A question for US Sub Commanders...

tomoose · 11-21-10, 12:28 AM

Zoomer: how can you tell if an aircraft is at 8-10miles? The SD radar doesn't give a range only a bearing.

Corsair; ackd. I haven't had SD fail me yet except when I overuse TC or I decide to wait until a visual is called (usually not a good idea) LOL.

Zoomer96 · 11-21-10, 07:12 AM

Well, I use the compass tool on the navigation map to draw a circle, a radius, around my boat, centered on the conning tower, and I expand it out until it reads 8 or 10 miles out. Also you can draw a line out to 8 or 10 and then make a circle to that mark. it's sort of cheating. I think the real deal was to use signal strength and eyeballs as a guideline to dive. I move the circle as needed to keep up with the progress of the boat. Remember, once you manage to get ahead of your target dive and move in to within 1000 yards of the target's course for the kill and hope your torpedoes run correctly.

11-21-10, 12:28 AM	#1
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	8-10 miles? Zoomer: how can you tell if an aircraft is at 8-10miles? The SD radar doesn't give a range only a bearing. Corsair; ackd. I haven't had SD fail me yet except when I overuse TC or I decide to wait until a visual is called (usually not a good idea) LOL.

11-21-10, 07:12 AM	#2
Zoomer96 Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 106 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	Well, I use the compass tool on the navigation map to draw a circle, a radius, around my boat, centered on the conning tower, and I expand it out until it reads 8 or 10 miles out. Also you can draw a line out to 8 or 10 and then make a circle to that mark. it's sort of cheating. I think the real deal was to use signal strength and eyeballs as a guideline to dive. I move the circle as needed to keep up with the progress of the boat. Remember, once you manage to get ahead of your target dive and move in to within 1000 yards of the target's course for the kill and hope your torpedoes run correctly.