Real Navigation Mod files - FINAL

bruschi sauro · 05-08-07, 12:58 PM

thank you mate.

Georg_Unterberg · 05-08-07, 04:02 PM

vanjast,

it's fantastic to see your mod developing more and more !

Do you have a source for a nautical star almanac from 1939-45 - with all the necessary data of major fix stars?

I wonder if its possible to get a position fix by method of shooting 3 stars "nautical triangle". I don't know how accurate SH3 models the position of all the stars from years 39-45, maybe you know more about this vanjast?

vanjast · 05-08-07, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Georg_Unterberg

vanjast,

it's fantastic to see your mod developing more and more !

Do you have a source for a nautical star almanac from 1939-45 - with all the necessary data of major fix stars?

I wonder if its possible to get a position fix by method of shooting 3 stars "nautical triangle". I don't know how accurate SH3 models the position of all the stars from years 39-45, maybe you know more about this vanjast?

I've got a Navigation piece of software that I think, has all the star data in, from 3000BC to 3000AD. I'll get around to this as at a later stage, as I must still get the Longitude clock sorted out.

Considering that it's only a 6 year period, out of a 26,000 year cycle - I'm sure the triangulation method will work. I did a fix on Mintaka in Irion's belt from the southern hemisphere and this was accurate enough, so yes, the accuracy looks to be there. Naturally we must check the whole lot though.

vanjast · 05-08-07, 04:49 PM

On my first mission with this mod I managed to arrive at the northern tip of the Hebrides (I think it's called), the island chain that has Lewick in it.

I arrived about 4 hours before my calculated time, after been harassed 3x by a/c, leaving my course to sink a ship, 3 days of rain,sleet and snow, 2 days of mirror seas.

I left the Kristiaansand area and set course for the northern tip of Scotland. I arrived soon after noticing the depth beneath keel was reducing (land nearby), but did not have a clue where I was - I'm too early??

Looking through my scope ( I was running submerged during the daytime - after 3x a/c attacks), I could barely make out land in the mist and gale force winds. surfaced and turned north to 2 hours. then set course 270 for 6 hours. No land was encountered.

i had reached the right area, and I'm into the north atlantic from here...
First time for me, and I find myself developing methods for quick nav on the way.

05-08-07, 12:58 PM	#1
bruschi sauro Frogman Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florence Italy Posts: 307 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	thank you mate.

05-08-07, 04:02 PM	#2
Georg_Unterberg Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 122 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	vanjast, it's fantastic to see your mod developing more and more ! Do you have a source for a nautical star almanac from 1939-45 - with all the necessary data of major fix stars? I wonder if its possible to get a position fix by method of shooting 3 stars "nautical triangle". I don't know how accurate SH3 models the position of all the stars from years 39-45, maybe you know more about this vanjast?

05-08-07, 04:49 PM	#4
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	On my first mission with this mod I managed to arrive at the northern tip of the Hebrides (I think it's called), the island chain that has Lewick in it. I arrived about 4 hours before my calculated time, after been harassed 3x by a/c, leaving my course to sink a ship, 3 days of rain,sleet and snow, 2 days of mirror seas. I left the Kristiaansand area and set course for the northern tip of Scotland. I arrived soon after noticing the depth beneath keel was reducing (land nearby), but did not have a clue where I was - I'm too early?? Looking through my scope ( I was running submerged during the daytime - after 3x a/c attacks), I could barely make out land in the mist and gale force winds. surfaced and turned north to 2 hours. then set course 270 for 6 hours. No land was encountered. i had reached the right area, and I'm into the north atlantic from here... First time for me, and I find myself developing methods for quick nav on the way.