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Old 07-24-17, 05:27 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by palmic View Post
You can do it even in old fashion way (like real sub captains did) with good ol' paper and pen like this:

In this example lets say target course is 100 and speed is 8kts
But the challenge is how to know target course and speed from far far away

Scenario is, you get "smoke in the horizon" message: single ship or convoy it doesn't matter, you get heading to the target and you can additionally ask for a rough estimate of range; normally in the 9000 to 12000 range.

With target identification disabled, I can't even use the stadimeter. so my normal strategy would be to close at flank speed. Problem is that then by the time I am close enough to identify it and get a first course and speed estimate, I am actually too close now, so no longer "enough time to grow a beard" scenario. And being close means that there is a chance he will see me and in that case, he will change speed and heading again
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