Stadimeter in rough weather...is there a knack?

GoDeep · 09-01-11, 06:51 PM

I have recently switched to manual targeting and I find the game a great deal more challenging now! But it's also a lot more rewarding when I do manage to his something...

However, I am curious if there is a knack for using the stadimeter in rough weather? When the sea is really rough, I find it very difficult to get the height and thus range accurate. Do I need more practice or is this simply the way it was? (I suspect both statements may be true...)

timmy41 · 09-01-11, 11:49 PM

It may be easier to plot the ships course, make a position, and calculate ahead of time based on its course.

GoDeep · 09-02-11, 01:25 AM

Thanks! Yes, in rough weather that may be a good alternative to using the stadimeter. I don't use stabilize view, so rocking of my own boat and water washing over the periscope make using the stadimeter very difficult in those conditions. But that's probably the way it was.

Flaxpants · 09-02-11, 02:00 AM

I think it's fair to say you can pretty much forget the stadimeter in rough seas, or at longer ranges. Plotting his course is your best bet.

09-01-11, 06:51 PM	#1
GoDeep Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Stadimeter in rough weather...is there a knack? I have recently switched to manual targeting and I find the game a great deal more challenging now! But it's also a lot more rewarding when I do manage to his something... However, I am curious if there is a knack for using the stadimeter in rough weather? When the sea is really rough, I find it very difficult to get the height and thus range accurate. Do I need more practice or is this simply the way it was? (I suspect both statements may be true...) __________________ On sailor's grave there are no roses, On a seaman's grave there blooms no Edelweiss. The only ornaments are the white gulls And the many tears a girl is weeping. -- German folk song, sung by German seamen during the war.

09-02-11, 01:25 AM	#3
GoDeep Planesman Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Thanks! Yes, in rough weather that may be a good alternative to using the stadimeter. I don't use stabilize view, so rocking of my own boat and water washing over the periscope make using the stadimeter very difficult in those conditions. But that's probably the way it was. __________________ On sailor's grave there are no roses, On a seaman's grave there blooms no Edelweiss. The only ornaments are the white gulls And the many tears a girl is weeping. -- German folk song, sung by German seamen during the war.

09-01-11, 11:49 PM	#2
timmy41 Weps Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 367 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	It may be easier to plot the ships course, make a position, and calculate ahead of time based on its course.

09-02-11, 02:00 AM	#4
Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I think it's fair to say you can pretty much forget the stadimeter in rough seas, or at longer ranges. Plotting his course is your best bet.