(Req) ST Radar as upgrade for other subs than Tench

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Now, if you can point it and get a accurate range somehow, be cool, just wondered if it worked that way now with the radar mod, as you have to scope a ship to use the radar mod. Seems the two would have a connection somewhere.

The ST radar has a very wide arc - about 20 degrees, so it's good for range, but not so good for differentiating ships on a similar range which are spaced more than 20 degrees apart from the ST radar's point of view, unless you can handle the radar and can 'read' it.

The ST radar cannot be pointed from the periscope. I tried making it so it was slaved to the periscope, but it doesn't work. You can however operate it from the radar station, but think of it like two independantly rotating devices. You control where the ST periscope is 'pointing' by moving it from the radar station, but the periscope will still be pointing at its own bearing.

One of the best uses of the radar periscope is to calibrate the stadimeter:

(For a single target)
Pop the scope up,
Go to radar station, take range reading from the radar range unit by lining up the arrow to the pip,
Go to periscope and note where the range pointer is pointing,
Activate stadimeter and measure from ANY part you like - deck, mast whatever - it doesn't matter as long as you keep using the same part,
Set the split image and click off,
Ddrag the mast height round until the range indicator pointer is back to where it was after the radar reading.

Result:

The stadimeter is now perfectly calibrated to the height of whatever part of the ship you measured from and you can now switch to the attack scope. Works for any ship.

You can also use this to good effect to gauge whether a ship is a small meidum or large variety, by comparing the results of the stadimeter with the relevant mast height to the actual range.