How do you work out AOB

hachiman · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 722 Location: Edinburgh Jockland

Hi

Can anyone advise me how to work out Angle on the Bow?

Thanx

Scion · Joined: 31 May 2001 Posts: 1552 Location: New Zealand

Make a guess...

... sorry but thats all there is to it ... of course you get better with experience...

Redwine · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:18 pm Post subject:

German TDC's really do not works as in SH2, in SH2 you input into the TDC target bearing and target relative course..........

In SH3 you must to input target bearing and AOB, where AOB is the bearing at wich an observer onboard the target are spoting you.......

AOB was obtained with calculator rulers, wich solve a simple formula.

If you have not calculator rulers you can manually solve this formula..............

This will be a big problem in SH3 for hardcore use, because, calculator rulers and formula give you the AOB in a very past position, it is no problem y you have to input target realtive course, but if you need to input a real time AOB, it will be very anoying...........for that SH2 developers had used target relative course instead AOB..............

To work with a real time AOB you will be enforced to make more calculations, you must to found the 3 angles of a triangle..........

you must to found the target relative course anyway......... then, you must to solve the angle between your course and the ttarget course............

Then you must to take as a second angle the bearing at your periscope............

Knowing this 2 angles yo can found the remaining one wich is the real time AOB................... and when you finsh......AOB had changed and vary................

You need to be fast making calculations..............

just wait for the sim and you will see..............

shole · Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 130

i really hope they put in the gamebox a folded cardboard with cutting lines and building instructions for a calculator ruler and whatever other stuff is needed
or atleast a PDF from where you can print it

Vonotto · Joined: 07 Jul 2002 Posts: 551 Location: Alexandria, Va

If you go to some of the SH I sites you can find a download to make your own thing-a-ma-bob (cant remember name, it determines range and angles ect) and its a copy of the real thing the exec had around his neck on us subs to input the captains observation info. (Come on someone whats it called again??)......IF you cant find it I have it somewhere on a cd and will send it to you. Or neal if he wants something like that on the site.

TLAM Strike · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:44 pm Post subject:

Are you thinking of a "Is-was" Vonotto?

FUBAR295 · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:00 pm Post subject:

It's called a Whiz Wheel ! Very Happy

Though its in feet and not meters .

Good Hunting,
FUBAR

Redwine · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:39 pm Post subject:

That one you mentioned is in feets and yards............

We are working to introduce a set into SH2.........

here a test with a ruler, it work fine but is only a test, is not a firing ruler..............

FUBAR295 · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:47 pm Post subject:

Redwine,

Looks good Thumbs Up

, hope that you will have it available for try out soon. Very Happy

Good Hunting,
FUBAR

TLAM Strike · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 12:06 am Post subject:

Is there a paper verson? I would love to have one for the "coolness" factor of it.

Redwine · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:33 am Post subject:

FUBAR295 .....and .....TLAM Strike :

This ruler was made by Kolbus from 24th flotilla, the ruler is ready for to put into the sim and working fine, and is rady to print too.........

But it ia an experimentation of Kolbus, and the ruler made some navigation functions but not is for shooting or firing solution.......

This version has 3 rotative wheels and one moving red cursor, all movables with the mouse...........

Kolbus is working in the firing solution ruler now...........

The main problem he found is how to put all rulers into a one set, because there are not place to made 3 separate rulers...........

Kolbus is making the rulers, and my job was to put them into the sim and make them works..........

Vonotto · Joined: 07 Jul 2002 Posts: 551 Location: Alexandria, Va

The one I have is like a slide-rule not a wheel.

Redwine · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 3:05 pm Post subject:

hachiman · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 722 Location: Edinburgh Jockland

Thanx for the replies guys.

barracuda · Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 84 Location: Portugal

Nice wallpaper Razz