Correct AOB with OLC GUI

Puster Bill · 01-25-08, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pisces

Quote:

Originally Posted by Puster Bill

The reason for the "subtract 180 if target is moving away" is if you are using the Kriegsmarine whiz-wheel to find the AOB (I believe OLC has it. I use one I constructed), the outer scale only goes from just under 6 degrees to 90 degrees. If you get an answer of, say, AOB 70, but the target is moving *AWAY* from you, then you know the AOB is past 90 degrees. So, you have to subtract 70 from 180, giving an AOB of 120.

If it helps you to visualize it, an Angle On Bow of 120 degrees is equivalent to an Angle On Stern of 70 degrees.

Make that "AOB of 110". But you're forgiven.

Humbled. I did the math quick in my head.

I should have just looked at my SACF/IS-WAS.

D'oh!

Im my defense, though, I take more care in getting a good firing solution than I took in writing that post. I've gotten good enough that I can hit to 2K+ consistently, which poses other problems, like making sure the red pixel of a flag at the masthead of you target doesn't have a swastika in the middle of it! I *HATE* coming back after sinking a Dido and several freighters to learn that I received negative renown!