Four bearings...

[Shkval]

So I have 0.0000000007715 % chance to hit him with single torpedo ? Well guys you really know how to cheer up somebody... is there a cure for sonar guy? Some mod? More precise drawing tools?

@ETsd4... how did you get this 0.75 precision, and I was thinking about some "AOB+Bearing= Range" magic formula/drawing in my question...

@makman94 ... I can see the mistake now... nice tutorials btw

Lately I constantly have some error in projected course of a target I don't know how much but it's not bigger than 7-8 degrees (I think...) when a target approaches on it's course sonar guy doesn't reads out "constant distance" as it should... but "closing" until about 35-40 degrees on my scope, then suddenly he changes to "moving away" . This happens no matter what way of tracking I use... moving... stationary... is this result of cumulative "round up" bearing errors? I'm off-course on the 90 degrees approach to projected course of a target.

[Mittelwaechter]

Your chance to hit something is way better, because you try to shoot at short distances (!) and your target is 150 to 200 meters long. It takes some time for the ships hull to pass along that imaginary hit point your calculations may reveal.
Within this intervall your torpedo has time to reach the target.

The 0.000..75% chance is for the exact 0.44 cm width of the top of the torpedo impact pistol hitting that certain spot directly next to the spill hole under the foremast. There is plenty of hull area to hit instead.

Range is negligible for a 90° attack. AOB is tolerant up to a certain degree. Really important is target speed.

Edit: the change from 'closing' to 'moving away' is a bug. Simply take it as 'constant distance' instead.
Your hydrophone operator reveals a lot of information. Think about it.

[ETsd4]

Originally Posted by Shkval

More precise drawing tools?

More precision with drawing-arc (tenths of arc), distances (meters) and range/bearings lines can be copied, shifted etc.:
Paint.Net (without map), free
GeoGebra (without map), free
MoBo (with maps), free
Chart Navigator Pro (with maps)


0.0000000007715 % is the probability that your 4 bearings drawing on your map is exact that what has happened on the sea.
10% probability for ONE bearing that the soundman is error-free with his shouting.
1.6% probability for ONE arc-drawing that the arc is error-free with your SH5-arc-drawing tools.
After 4 bearings and 4 arc-drawings you got a 0.0000000007715 % that everything is error-free.

[Shkval]

Are these mods compatible with GWX gold and MAGui?

[Mittelwaechter]

These are no mods but standalone programs.
Alt-Tab out of the game and draw your stuff, then Alt-Tab back and act accordingly.

[Shkval]

Well...we are not playing Sub Command here aren't we that is a little bit unfair to poor unsuspecting merchants isn't it? Is there any cure for my sonar guy or I had to put the barrel of my Luger against his forehead and tell him "now... listen veeery carefully"? Or maybe I'm not listening correctly? How can you know when bearing is 345.7 and he says it's 346? Or there is no way to know such things?
Anyway thanks a lot guys it was very educating and now this game has a whole new meaning.

Little update, latest attempt is a clear hit at 5,2 km, tracking - while - moving, medium speed torpedo, contact fuse... you were wright Mittelwaechter speed of a target is most important element in solution.
I think I'm ready... for long range salvo attacks on convoys with LuT torpedos, invisible for radar, equipped with snorkel in late '43... maybe I even survive...

[Mittelwaechter]

Your sonar guy is one of your best men. Try to get his spot on bearings yourself and you'll realize how well trained he is. Keep your Luger beneath your pillow, Herr Kaleun.

The FAT/LUT are fun in combination with hydro data only. Remember to check the settings twice - or learn it the hard way.

Good luck in '43 Herr Kaleun, keep an eye at the flyboys while snorkeling. They tend to be nasty.

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by Shkval

So I have 0.0000000007715 % chance to hit him with single torpedo ? Well guys you really know how to cheer up somebody... is there a cure for sonar guy? Some mod? More precise drawing tools?

@ETsd4... how did you get this 0.75 precision, and I was thinking about some "AOB+Bearing= Range" magic formula/drawing in my question...

Nope, sorry. A stationary listening or viewing point will never provide range information from bearings only. It doesn't matter how many bearing lines you provide, or how accurate they are. It just isn't there in the math formula. Range can only be found with a (4th) bearing from a different point of view.

Lately I constantly have some error in projected course of a target I don't know how much but it's not bigger than 7-8 degrees (I think...) when a target approaches on it's course sonar guy doesn't reads out "constant distance" as it should... but "closing" until about 35-40 degrees on my scope, then suddenly he changes to "moving away" . This happens no matter what way of tracking I use... moving... stationary... is this result of cumulative "round up" bearing errors? I'm off-course on the 90 degrees approach to projected course of a target.

7 or 8 degrees deviation in projected course is reasonably good or normal. At least good enough to know the general direction it is going, and to parallel course or chase after it. The accuracy of the projected course depends on the length of the time-periods, and the divergence of the bearing-differences. The bearings are reported in steps of 1 degree, so the divergence in the differences needs to be larger than that. More time allows the bearing-differences to encompass more degrees. For example, compare:

bearing set "a":
B1a=0,
B2a=6,
B3a=13
Bdiff 1-2=6
Bdiff 2-3=7


to

bearing set "b":

B1b=0,
B2b=11,
B3b=25,
Bdiff 1-2 = 11,
Bdiff 2-3 = 14.

Each set ("a" and "b") has the same AOB at bearing 1, namely 49 degrees.

In set "a" the bearing drift accelerated 1 degree during the second interval. This is just as large as the bearing inaccuracy. So useless to rely on.

In set "b" the bearing drift accelerated 3 degrees during the second interval (about twice as long as intervals at "a"). This is clearly bigger than the 1 degree measurement accuracy. And so results in a more accurate AOB.

Patience pays in accuracy. But there comes a time when the target is lost. So don't stay there once you know where the target is going to. Go at the same course to get the different point of view for the 4th bearing. With minimal risk of collision/detection.