Complicated Math

VipertheSniper · 05-14-06, 05:35 PM

the 134mm on the map are approx. 310 km, your distance to the convoy is approx. 393km, the interception course is approx 105km long, you could as well run at 6kts and still intercept them, you being there earlier won't help you much in terms of light conditions, I'd rather go for a longer interception course where you reach the convoy earlier, because for 310 km they'll need about 27 hours, so you would attack them at about 2100... I think I'd go for a course that intercepts the convoys course at a bit more of an angle than the 139.5Â° you're going for, in 12 hours you'll make 378km at 17kts so I'd draw a circle around your boat in the nav map with 360 km radius, plot a line of the targets course and head in the direction of the intersection point. That should give you enough time to set up nicely.

I could've just written: "use the map tools" right?

05-14-06, 05:35 PM	#1
VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,071 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	the 134mm on the map are approx. 310 km, your distance to the convoy is approx. 393km, the interception course is approx 105km long, you could as well run at 6kts and still intercept them, you being there earlier won't help you much in terms of light conditions, I'd rather go for a longer interception course where you reach the convoy earlier, because for 310 km they'll need about 27 hours, so you would attack them at about 2100... I think I'd go for a course that intercepts the convoys course at a bit more of an angle than the 139.5Â° you're going for, in 12 hours you'll make 378km at 17kts so I'd draw a circle around your boat in the nav map with 360 km radius, plot a line of the targets course and head in the direction of the intersection point. That should give you enough time to set up nicely. I could've just written: "use the map tools" right?