Easy Peasy AOB.

HMCS · 04-26-10, 10:24 PM

I don't use a wheel. All you need is the protactor, and your target's course.

1. I am lined up here a la Dick O'Kane, but it works with any angle. It's relative to your target. I place the protactor on the line drawn on the target's course, in front of the target.

2. Draw the protactor on to your target.

3. Draw the protactor over your sub's position. Est voila. AOB.

I get about 95% hits with this. When I miss, it's usually because I get the target's speed wrong.

raymond6751 · 04-27-10, 05:49 AM

Why didn't I think of that?

Danke

NefariousKoel · 04-27-10, 08:52 AM

That's what I use on long approaches after I'm satisfied that I've plotted their course fairly well.

Plain 'ole guessing when I need to set up quick.

SgtSabre · 04-27-10, 10:20 AM

Even easier: When you know your target's course just set the AOB so that the outline of the target ship on the position keeper points toward the target's course.

HMCS · 04-27-10, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by SgtSabre

Even easier: When you know your target's course just set the AOB so that the outline of the target ship on the position keeper points toward the target's course.

Uhh. Yeah! That works, too.

BillBam · 04-27-10, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by SgtSabre

Even easier: When you know your target's course just set the AOB so that the outline of the target ship on the position keeper points toward the target's course.

That is what I do, this is made especially easy with the MOD that frees up the wheels so the change on the AoB entry happens in real time on the TDC rather than waiting to click the input button.

04-26-10, 10:24 PM	#1
HMCS Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Squaresville, daddy-O. Posts: 394 Downloads: 186 Uploads: 0	Easy Peasy AOB. I don't use a wheel. All you need is the protactor, and your target's course. 1. I am lined up here a la Dick O'Kane, but it works with any angle. It's relative to your target. I place the protactor on the line drawn on the target's course, in front of the target. 2. Draw the protactor on to your target. 3. Draw the protactor over your sub's position. Est voila. AOB. I get about 95% hits with this. When I miss, it's usually because I get the target's speed wrong. __________________ "Turning enemy ships into marine habitat since 1986!" Mods Loaded:TMO 2.2, RSRDC, MaxOptics, Strategic Map Symbols, Stop The Shouting OR: RFB, RSRDC, Maxoptics, SCAF, Strategic Map Symbols and the sanity-saving "stop the shouting".

04-27-10, 05:49 AM	#2
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	But of course! Why didn't I think of that? Danke __________________ Game Designer: Close The Atlantic - World War Three https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...orld-war-three

04-27-10, 08:52 AM	#3
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	That's what I use on long approaches after I'm satisfied that I've plotted their course fairly well. Plain 'ole guessing when I need to set up quick. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

04-27-10, 10:20 AM	#4
SgtSabre Seaman Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 42 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Even easier: When you know your target's course just set the AOB so that the outline of the target ship on the position keeper points toward the target's course.