Turn ratio

jakethescot · 02-23-16, 08:39 AM

I've searched for, but can't find, the turn ratios for ships. I can be within 2500m of a ship, have my torpedo speed set to fast and upon seeing the bubbles, the ship turns hard to port or starboard and the torpedo misses. My question is; did ships, even the larger cargo and merchants, in real life turn that tight and that fast?

Sailor Steve · 02-23-16, 08:43 AM

Merchants not so much. A ship has a different set of problems than a car or a plane, and ships turn tighter the faster they go. At 30 knots an Iowa class battleship could actually out-turn a Fletcher class destroyer.

At the kind of speed a convoy is moving the ships should barely be able to turn at all.

jakethescot · 02-23-16, 08:49 AM

Thanks, Steve. Can this be adjusted in game?

Pisces · 02-23-16, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jakethescot

I've searched for, but can't find, the turn ratios for ships. I can be within 2500m of a ship, have my torpedo speed set to fast and upon seeing the bubbles, the ship turns hard ....

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Originally Posted by jakethescot

...Can this be adjusted in game?

Yes, attack at night!

ivanov.ruslan · 02-23-16, 03:59 PM

Or less lifting periscope also help... Usually when spoted me before I sunk

jakethescot · 02-23-16, 05:01 PM

Either way, they turn too fast. Are there any files that can be adjusted so ships have the correct turn ratio?

T.Von Hogan · 02-24-16, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jakethescot

I've searched for, but can't find, the turn ratios for ships. I can be within 2500m of a ship, have my torpedo speed set to fast and upon seeing the bubbles, the ship turns hard to port or starboard and the torpedo misses. My question is; did ships, even the larger cargo and merchants, in real life turn that tight and that fast?

Pretty much any ship ever made can turn quick enough to get out of the way of a steam powered torpedo fired from nearly a mile and a half away (2500m = 1.42 miles )

Andrakis · 02-26-16, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by T.Von Hogan

Pretty much any ship ever made can turn quick enough to get out of the way of a steam powered torpedo fired from nearly a mile and a half away (2500m = 1.42 miles )

The hard part about turning away from a torpedo a mile and a half out is seeing it in the first place, bubbles be damned!

02-23-16, 08:39 AM	#1
jakethescot Engineer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fulton Missouri Posts: 205 Downloads: 904 Uploads: 0	Turn ratio I've searched for, but can't find, the turn ratios for ships. I can be within 2500m of a ship, have my torpedo speed set to fast and upon seeing the bubbles, the ship turns hard to port or starboard and the torpedo misses. My question is; did ships, even the larger cargo and merchants, in real life turn that tight and that fast? __________________ COYW !!!

02-23-16, 08:43 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Merchants not so much. A ship has a different set of problems than a car or a plane, and ships turn tighter the faster they go. At 30 knots an Iowa class battleship could actually out-turn a Fletcher class destroyer. At the kind of speed a convoy is moving the ships should barely be able to turn at all. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-23-16, 08:49 AM	#3
jakethescot Engineer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fulton Missouri Posts: 205 Downloads: 904 Uploads: 0	Thanks, Steve. Can this be adjusted in game? __________________ COYW !!!

02-23-16, 03:59 PM	#5
ivanov.ruslan The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pleven,BG Posts: 1,577 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 0	Or less lifting periscope also help... Usually when spoted me before I sunk Last edited by ivanov.ruslan; 02-23-16 at 04:05 PM.

02-23-16, 05:01 PM	#6
jakethescot Engineer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Fulton Missouri Posts: 205 Downloads: 904 Uploads: 0	Either way, they turn too fast. Are there any files that can be adjusted so ships have the correct turn ratio? __________________ COYW !!!