How To Use Torpedoes

Donoby · 2003-12-28T21:56:50+00:00

To make things even more simple, I'm french, so explaning maths and geometrics in a foreign language is not easy... I played Silent hunter when I was a kid, and I remembered that there was …

Mon Jan 26, 2004 4:45 pm

#51

Anyone know where I can get my hands on a used but good WWII Torpedo Data Computer?

I have a few lead angle shots to figure out ...

this math is over my head ... doh

Mon Jan 26, 2004 5:04 pm

How To Use Torpedoes

#52

Sadly, the math and trig is really easy. Its merely finding the remainding angle in a triangle. The real problem is figuring out the rules for finding those angles so it can be easily put into a computer program....

Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:10 pm

How To Use Torpedoes

#53

I was talking to a friend at work who plays SH 2, and he gave me an excel based program that was made for SH 2 that figures out the lead angle for the shot. I opened it up but haven't had time to test it. Its called "Weapons Officer" and requires a pause out of game into excel (not sure if you can do that in Enigma) and then the calculations and back to game. Of coarse you could have excel running on another machine too.

It appears to require two sitings to be inputted in order to figure out all the variables.

Looks like a great little program.

He said he got it from the subsim site

David

Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:44 pm

How To Use Torpedoes

#54

GameRat could you post the excel programm, Ask jesper or Buxton to host it on the site, or send it to me.

Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:09 pm

How To Use Torpedoes

#55

Bring it on! Its much better then trying to figure it out on my own whenever I can spare 5 minutes. I got to the point of finding angle on the bow but... there an issue that I haven't had time to figure out where I need to detemine mathmatically how to tell when to use just b or 180-b. I'm sure this makes no sense to anyone, maybe except Donoby...