It's time I finally learn (Manual shooting)

[magic452]

The training mission is all but useless for learning manual targeting, you really need to go out and find a ship that is farther away so you have the time do do all this. Later war is better as you have Radar and thus more time. The firing solution you came up with is terrible, you are shooting way past what would be a good shot for the reasons Sniper gave.
By the time you open the torpedo doors and set the torpedoes to speed and depth, get all the data measured and input your target is long gone.
With the first SS I have not come even close to a firing solution and the target is already at the point I should have shot. Actually the torpedoes should have already have hit.

Here is a SS of how to get speed and AoB and the target course

This is the 3 minute rule. The circle is to get speed 9 knots.
The extended line is the target course
The red lines are to measure the AoB but as I said this will not be right by the time you enter it as the target will have moved.
Here I got 72° AoB. Don't mix up degrees of AoB with the target course which is 100°
The 72° AoB is only good for that exact moment in time as the target moves it will change. The 100° course will stay the same


Here is how to measure the target course, the course is 100° where the rose crosses the course line. This is what you want the TDC to say once you enter AoB This 100° course will stay the same even if both you and the target are moving as long as the target doesn't change course.


This is what the TDC should look like, the ship in the left top dial will point to 10. That is a target course of 100°
To get this you turn the AoB input dial, the one on the right. Turn it to Starboard till it is close to what you see in the scope and click send to TDC.
you will see the top left dial turn. Keep adjusting the right dial and sending it to TDC till the bow on the left dial points 10 or 100°


Hope all this helps, if not post again and we will see what we can do.
Magic