Torpedo question

Tinman764 · 03-21-12, 12:13 PM

You generally want to have your sub pointed as much as possible towards your target and have the Angle of Bow reading close to 90 degrees.
Your eels are bouncing either because they are duds (happens a lot) or your angle of bow reading is too low/high. You want to try and hit as close to a right angle as possible or the trigger wont fire.

If you think movement might give you away, you can try setting your eels to magnetic triggers. Set the running depth a few feet lower than the draft of the target and when the eel passes under the hull it should trigger... Beware though that as in real life, these magnetic triggers are highly unreliable. But they do have the advantage that they don't need to hit the hull at a right angle to trigger.

03-21-12, 12:13 PM	#5
Tinman764 Chief Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: U-32's Wintergarten Posts: 325 Downloads: 182 Uploads: 0	You generally want to have your sub pointed as much as possible towards your target and have the Angle of Bow reading close to 90 degrees. Your eels are bouncing either because they are duds (happens a lot) or your angle of bow reading is too low/high. You want to try and hit as close to a right angle as possible or the trigger wont fire. If you think movement might give you away, you can try setting your eels to magnetic triggers. Set the running depth a few feet lower than the draft of the target and when the eel passes under the hull it should trigger... Beware though that as in real life, these magnetic triggers are highly unreliable. But they do have the advantage that they don't need to hit the hull at a right angle to trigger.