if there was a new GWX RPM chart, would you use it for hydrophone hunting?

[robbo180265]

If someone wants to make it - I'm all for it

[RawRecruit]

I'd be interested in learning how they used hydrophones for speed, direction, etc, but I wouldn't use it in game proper. When I play, I'm the captain and I have crew whose job it is to listen...

[Corsair]

Originally Posted by RawRecruit

I'd be interested in learning how they used hydrophones for speed, direction, etc, but I wouldn't use it in game proper. When I play, I'm the captain and I have crew whose job it is to listen...

You should try to stand behind the hydrophone yourself from time to time - depth around 20m and all stop - preferably with good headphones. You would be surprised how many targets you would find that your crew never hears...

[Rykaird]

Originally Posted by Corsair

You should try to stand behind the hydrophone yourself from time to time - depth around 20m and all stop - preferably with good headphones. You would be surprised how many targets you would find that your crew never hears...

I have a pretty good "chief" in there too, well decorated and experienced, and I have made a habit of this when I submerge. I hear ships all the time that he misses.

[Dantenoc]

Maybe determining a target's exact speed by rpms is a bit too much, but a training mission to help us differentiate the sound of an aircraft carrier from that of a tugboat would be very much apreciated... specialy when your attacking a convoy and have a hard time telling which of the sonar contacts corresponds to that big and juicy tanker. :hmm:

[LukeFF]

Originally Posted by Dantenoc

Maybe determining a target's exact speed by rpms is a bit too much, but a training mission to help us differentiate the sound of an aircraft carrier from that of a tugboat would be very much apreciated... specialy when your attacking a convoy and have a hard time telling which of the sonar contacts corresponds to that big and juicy tanker. :hmm:

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