What is your TDC up to? the Law of Cos, the perfect torpedo shot

Xelif · 06-04-07, 02:01 AM

Ahhh, you are my hero! I needed an explanation like this, finally a use for that trig I learned those years ago... Now, I haven't tested it myself, but I jotted down some notes and I would like to say your explanation so far is clear and seems perfectly workable! I've been using a different manual targeting method and this is a lot more flexible. I'll respond more after I've had time to wring it out in the ocean

(edit) This alone should be in bold in every sub sim manual:
If the target moves 5 degrees, and you don’t move at all, the angle on bow increases by that amount (or decreases if the target is moving away.) Simple as that.

Wow that'll make quickly changing my solutions easy!

(double ed) Your method for calculating AOB could use a little clearing up. Let me work through some of it tomorrow and I'll post again if I am still confused. Need to sleep...

06-04-07, 02:01 AM	#8
Xelif Seaman Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 37 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ahhh, you are my hero! I needed an explanation like this, finally a use for that trig I learned those years ago... Now, I haven't tested it myself, but I jotted down some notes and I would like to say your explanation so far is clear and seems perfectly workable! I've been using a different manual targeting method and this is a lot more flexible. I'll respond more after I've had time to wring it out in the ocean (edit) This alone should be in bold in every sub sim manual: If the target moves 5 degrees, and you don’t move at all, the angle on bow increases by that amount (or decreases if the target is moving away.) Simple as that. Wow that'll make quickly changing my solutions easy! (double ed) Your method for calculating AOB could use a little clearing up. Let me work through some of it tomorrow and I'll post again if I am still confused. Need to sleep... Last edited by Xelif; 06-04-07 at 02:20 AM.