torpedo men

Nedlam · 10-27-05, 11:15 AM

I'm a land lubber too. Funny, to guys who never set foot on a u-boat before (at least I never set foor on a u-boat before). Discussing how easy/hard it was to plot a solution to fire a torpedo.

With that said... hehehe

I've had u-boat training but in the sim when I try to determine the range of a target (let's assume that the WO has already correctly identified the vessel for me and it's under 1km) I'll get a range of 893m. I then let my WO do it and he tells me 917m.

I actually do this a lot: try to plot my own solution then compare it to the WO and most of the time they come out very different. I have yet do do it under "labratory conditions." but I bet we both would still get very different readings. Because he is a computer and I am not. If you and I where sitting at the same computer and I took readings and you took readings I bet they would be different as well.

10-27-05, 11:15 AM	#14
Nedlam Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 222 Downloads: 48 Uploads: 0	I'm a land lubber too. Funny, to guys who never set foot on a u-boat before (at least I never set foor on a u-boat before). Discussing how easy/hard it was to plot a solution to fire a torpedo. With that said... hehehe I've had u-boat training but in the sim when I try to determine the range of a target (let's assume that the WO has already correctly identified the vessel for me and it's under 1km) I'll get a range of 893m. I then let my WO do it and he tells me 917m. I actually do this a lot: try to plot my own solution then compare it to the WO and most of the time they come out very different. I have yet do do it under "labratory conditions." but I bet we both would still get very different readings. Because he is a computer and I am not. If you and I where sitting at the same computer and I took readings and you took readings I bet they would be different as well.