All kind of ranges

07-12-08, 10:44 AM

"Turning art into science..."

:rotfl:

Yeah, I guess that's kind of what I do...

I guess I'll just have to try some basic watch and dodge tactics...

07-12-08, 02:53 PM

Two things...

First...remember weather does play a factor...your defenatly easier to spot in the day or night with clear sky, then with rain, and or fog. It's also not always about being spotted on the surface. If its a calm day your parascope will leave a wake, as on windy days, its quickly broken up by the waves.

Secondly, I've learned You will generally spot them before they spot you, so for me at least as soon as I make visual contact, I send my report and dive well below the thermal layer in case i was spotted, I can't be further tracked, well not as easily tracked.

Good hunting

07-12-08, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynx2069

Two things...

First...remember weather does play a factor...your defenatly easier to spot in the day or night with clear sky, then with rain, and or fog. It's also not always about being spotted on the surface. If its a calm day your parascope will leave a wake, as on windy days, its quickly broken up by the waves.

Secondly, I've learned You will generally spot them before they spot you, so for me at least as soon as I make visual contact, I send my report and dive well below the thermal layer in case i was spotted, I can't be further tracked, well not as easily tracked.

Good hunting

Thanks mate!

07-12-08, 04:25 PM

Confirmed!

Same results with the Porpoise!

I stayed on the surface so he could detect me and to calculate the range at what it would occur...

Surprisingly or not, when my sonar man identifies him, he immediately starts ziggzagging...

That means he identified me (on the surface) at exactly the same range... only around 1Nm later does my watchman spots him...

That mans hydrophone classification detection works exactly the same on both ways...

07-12-08, 03:47 PM

Just tried it out...

I made a single mission with Yamato coming in my direction at 10kts... in broad daylight (1pm) and in perfect sea conditions.

I mad notings of wich of my different systems started detecting it and at what time it occurred... so i could get the real range from simulating the mission in the editor...

This is what I came up with:

From around 18Nm unknown contact started showing up in my hydrophones... "No contact" was replyed by my sonar man...

From around 8Nm warship contac showed up in PD on my sonar...

From around 7Nm I started seeing the Yamato with the TBT...

From my periscope I spoted it from 5Nm... but I could only locked it around 4 Nm... interesting...

These were some curious findings... especially the 18Nm unknown contact with my hydrophones...

I was experimenting with a Balao class sub... I'll try with a Porpoise to see if it's the same...

P.S: Anyone knows how to add radar to a sub's loadout while creating a mission?

07-12-08, 10:44 AM	#1
kramxel Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	"Turning art into science..." :rotfl: Yeah, I guess that's kind of what I do... I guess I'll just have to try some basic watch and dodge tactics...

07-12-08, 02:53 PM	#2
Lynx2069 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Two things... First...remember weather does play a factor...your defenatly easier to spot in the day or night with clear sky, then with rain, and or fog. It's also not always about being spotted on the surface. If its a calm day your parascope will leave a wake, as on windy days, its quickly broken up by the waves. Secondly, I've learned You will generally spot them before they spot you, so for me at least as soon as I make visual contact, I send my report and dive well below the thermal layer in case i was spotted, I can't be further tracked, well not as easily tracked. Good hunting

07-12-08, 04:25 PM	#4
kramxel Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Confirmed! Same results with the Porpoise! I stayed on the surface so he could detect me and to calculate the range at what it would occur... Surprisingly or not, when my sonar man identifies him, he immediately starts ziggzagging... That means he identified me (on the surface) at exactly the same range... only around 1Nm later does my watchman spots him... That mans hydrophone classification detection works exactly the same on both ways...

07-12-08, 03:47 PM	#5
kramxel Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Just tried it out... I made a single mission with Yamato coming in my direction at 10kts... in broad daylight (1pm) and in perfect sea conditions. I mad notings of wich of my different systems started detecting it and at what time it occurred... so i could get the real range from simulating the mission in the editor... This is what I came up with: From around 18Nm unknown contact started showing up in my hydrophones... "No contact" was replyed by my sonar man... From around 8Nm warship contac showed up in PD on my sonar... From around 7Nm I started seeing the Yamato with the TBT... From my periscope I spoted it from 5Nm... but I could only locked it around 4 Nm... interesting... These were some curious findings... especially the 18Nm unknown contact with my hydrophones... I was experimenting with a Balao class sub... I'll try with a Porpoise to see if it's the same... P.S: Anyone knows how to add radar to a sub's loadout while creating a mission?