John P. Cromwell attack technique on order

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by peabody

Yes, he does!! I think I understand the consant bearing, decreasing range concept. I think I understand where you are headed, but don't have any idea yet how you are going to get there, eargerly awaiting that part. :hmm:

Just for discussion purposes , isn't a 45 degree shot going to cause problems with duds? In the torpedo .sim file the dud chance is 1% at 0 to 35 degrees, but from 35 degrees to 70 degrees it increases to 35%. (Unless I misunderstand the data.)

Peabody

Well, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that the attack method works fabulously, both using the TDC and not using the TDC and I'll teach it both ways at once! The bad news is I'm about the worst movie maker in history and I screwed up four takes in a row tonight for technical reasons. I have put 16 of 16 torpedoes into various targets. This is just as deadly as Dick O'Kane and just as easy.

I spent a lot of time trying to talk Nisgeis out of drawing triangles on the nav map to aim the torpedo, tried it myself and I love it! It does require you to keep several pieces of information straight, but if your TDC ever breaks and you can keep your facts straight, you'll never miss the missing TDC.

Some might say that a 45º shot might not be as accurate as a 90º shot because of the lesser error tolerance and the smaller angular size of the target. Don't believe it. I hit 4 of 4 at 3000 yards with no problem.

But I don't have a good tutorial movie yet. Tomorrow will have to do. I think you'll enjoy it. It will be so simple that most of you will be better at it than I am in 24 hours. But I can't believe it. I filmed and talked myself silly for two hours and have nothing to show for it!:rotfl: