TMA on FFG (a total madness?)

kage · 05-15-07, 02:09 PM

There are a few factors that make the tma on the ffg a disaster.

If you do it manually, you'd better be doing it on a contact within 5nm, or you'll have to "imagine" the lines being longer, which is easy to miss. And if the contact is actually further away than the max the map can display, you can give up on it already.

If you put it on auto, you'd damn better remember to turn it off before using active sonar, or any data you get from it will get discarded and hidden as far as the contact data goes.

There is one mitigating factor against this disaster: Radar contacts are positioned as detected. If you're using that radar in the first place, that is...

Sonoboy · 05-15-07, 03:42 PM

I do believe the lines on the FFG TMA plot only extend 10nm out. Since visual range is 8-10nm, the only instance you would be doing TMA would be on a submerged contact. Even then, that's a bit close for comfort. Better to use the helo and sonobouys, or active sonar, to locate its exact position.

The biggest turn-off for me is the lack of a dot stack. Why couldn't they upgrade the FFG's technology?

kage · 05-15-07, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonoboy

I do believe the lines on the FFG TMA plot only extend 10nm out.

ESM lines do. TA lines stop at 5.

Sonoboy · 05-15-07, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonoboy
I do believe the lines on the FFG TMA plot only extend 10nm out.

ESM lines do. TA lines stop at 5.

I learn something new every day.

TLAM Strike · 05-16-07, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonoboy

Why couldn't they upgrade the FFG's technology?

Because they are soon to be sold off or turned in to scrap metal in favor of new Destroyers.

05-15-07, 02:09 PM	#1
kage Helmsman Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 104 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	There are a few factors that make the tma on the ffg a disaster. If you do it manually, you'd better be doing it on a contact within 5nm, or you'll have to "imagine" the lines being longer, which is easy to miss. And if the contact is actually further away than the max the map can display, you can give up on it already. If you put it on auto, you'd damn better remember to turn it off before using active sonar, or any data you get from it will get discarded and hidden as far as the contact data goes. There is one mitigating factor against this disaster: Radar contacts are positioned as detected. If you're using that radar in the first place, that is... __________________ http://www.xfire.com/clans/dwobjective/ for those who like playing objectives-based missions. (As opposed to deathmatches)

05-15-07, 03:42 PM	#2
Sonoboy Planesman Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States, CA Posts: 195 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I do believe the lines on the FFG TMA plot only extend 10nm out. Since visual range is 8-10nm, the only instance you would be doing TMA would be on a submerged contact. Even then, that's a bit close for comfort. Better to use the helo and sonobouys, or active sonar, to locate its exact position. The biggest turn-off for me is the lack of a dot stack. Why couldn't they upgrade the FFG's technology?