Historical Night Approach

[derstosstrupp]

Video on how to make the “Hundekurve” approach in SH5 with the aid of the attack disc.

[John Pancoast]

Nice video. In terms of matching course/speed, I just eyeball the target aob and then adjust my course to match.
I.e., in the video example I would just set my intial new course 90 degrees starboard and eyeball adjust if needed as time went on; i.e., getting closer/further from target, to fast/slow, etc.


Nice and simple and works well.

[derstosstrupp]

Originally Posted by John Pancoast

Nice video. In terms of matching course/speed, I just eyeball the target aob and then adjust my course to match.
I.e., in the video example I would just set my intial new course 90 degrees starboard and eyeball adjust if needed as time went on; i.e., getting closer/further from target, to fast/slow, etc.


Nice and simple and works well.

Absolutely. That’s exactly what I do here too. Use attack disc to grab the course based on observed AOB, turn to match, then use references to determine whether getting closer/further.

If you do this near 90 AOB (say 70-110), it’s VERY forgiving. Could be off 5 degrees on the match and still have accurate speed results. During the day I’ve taken to even postponing this exercise if I spot the target at AOBs in between maybe 60 and 15, and just run around to the front and do this from in front, for that reason (since I need to get in front anyway). But at night, since it’s much easier to eyeball the AOB closer in, it’s definitely easier to just eyeball and match. Plus don’t need to overhaul all the way in front.

[John Pancoast]

Originally Posted by derstosstrupp

Absolutely. That’s exactly what I do here too. Use attack disc to grab the course based on observed AOB, turn to match, then use references to determine whether getting closer/further.

If you do this near 90 AOB (say 70-110), it’s VERY forgiving. Could be off 5 degrees on the match and still have accurate speed results. During the day I’ve taken to even postponing this exercise if I spot the target at AOBs in between maybe 60 and 15, and just run around to the front and do this from in front, for that reason (since I need to get in front anyway). But at night, since it’s much easier to eyeball the AOB closer in, it’s definitely easier to just eyeball and match. Plus don’t need to overhaul all the way in front.

I meant I just use the navigation compass to get my course vs an attack disc.
I.e., use the relative bearing marks on it to get the course needed.