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Offline texastc316

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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2009, 02:36:41 PM »
Quote from: Nemisis on September 20, 2009, 02:25:16 PM
They used a torp sight, and prayer. The japs finally got so pissed they came up with a piloted version of the V1.

The Japanese had excellant torpedoes, the Long Lance, and they were devastating in the Pacific war. The Ohka (I think) your talking about had nothing to do with torpedoes although it was rocket powered and piloted.


The Americans had terrible torpedos to begin the war, and no amount of trigonometry in the world could help a torpedo that didnt go straight or even explode 80% of the time. Thank God for dive bombers!!
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2009, 02:38:53 PM »
Quote from: texastc316 on September 20, 2009, 02:36:41 PM
no amount of trigonometry in the world could help a torpedo that didnt go straight or even explode 80% of the time.

They went straight just fine, but almost perfectly 10" deeper than they were supposed to. The magnetic detonators exploded just fine, just not usually anywhere near a ship. The impact detonators tended to bend instead of pushing back onto the explosion trigger.
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2009, 04:29:02 PM »
StrokesAk,

Don't worry Trig is actually pretty straight forward and very useful. I've just forgotten most of it, unfortunately (20 years since High School). I just thought it was funny that 20 years later I'm playing a game that actually got me digging through old books and doing math again!  :)

It's funny how those dang story problems turn up in the oddest places!

This is all you need to find the lead angle to shoot the torpedo (for a 90 degree beam attack), provided you know y and x.

y = how far the CV will move in 4 minutes (the PT torpedoes run for 4 minutes then disappear)
x = how far the torpedo will move in 4 minutes

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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2009, 05:16:02 PM »
Quote from: texastc316 on September 20, 2009, 02:36:41 PM
The Japanese had excellant torpedoes, the Long Lance, and they were devastating in the Pacific war. The Ohka (I think) your talking about had nothing to do with torpedoes although it was rocket powered and piloted.
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The Americans had terrible torpedos to begin the war, and no amount of trigonometry in the world could help a torpedo that didnt go straight or even explode 80% of the time. Thank God for dive bombers!!

It was a joke. I know it was a piloted missle pretty much. I just thought it would be funny.
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2009, 07:32:38 PM »
Quote from: Nemisis on September 20, 2009, 05:16:02 PM
It was a joke. I know it was a piloted missle pretty much. I just thought it would be funny.

and I was trying to look smart.   :huh

not as easy as it looks  :x
 
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2009, 07:33:45 PM »
Quote from: Baumer on September 20, 2009, 04:29:02 PM
StrokesAk,

Don't worry Trig is actually pretty straight forward and very useful. I've just forgotten most of it, unfortunately (20 years since High School). I just thought it was funny that 20 years later I'm playing a game that actually got me digging through old books and doing math again!  :)

It's funny how those dang story problems turn up in the oddest places!

This is all you need to find the lead angle to shoot the torpedo (for a 90 degree beam attack), provided you know y and x.

y = how far the CV will move in 4 minutes (the PT torpedoes run for 4 minutes then disappear)
x = how far the torpedo will move in 4 minutes

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I know that stuff, we did that in the 8th grade, still have to take trig.
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2009, 07:34:27 PM »
Quote from: StokesAk on September 20, 2009, 07:33:45 PM
I know what stuff, we did that in the 8th grade, still have to take trig.

Well, you're lucky, because that's trig in a nutshell. :)
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2009, 07:34:55 PM »
Is there a Calculus 2?
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #23 on: September 20, 2009, 07:36:17 PM »
Quote from: OOZ662 on September 20, 2009, 07:34:27 PM
Well, you're lucky, because that's trig in a nutshell. :)

Yea if i dont get it ill just ask

"How will this help us in real life" and my teacher will spend 15 minutes telling me something that has a slim chance of happening to me.
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2009, 07:39:36 PM »
:lol I've always loved that excuse. Mathematics do provide a deeper understanding of other things, especially sciences like physics. Even if you don't remember the formulas, the concepts stay with you.
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #25 on: September 20, 2009, 07:42:09 PM »
Algebra and some Geomertry is the only thing i find remotly helpful.....although i want to be an areospace engineer.
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #26 on: September 20, 2009, 07:44:18 PM »
Oh LORD, then you actually will need to remember much of it. And much, much more.

If math isn't your thing, that path isn't a very good choice, I think.
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #27 on: September 20, 2009, 07:49:06 PM »
Math is my thing im in Algebra 2, class is great teacher is awesome, but having a bunch of junoirs in your class can be intimidating when your only a fresman.


Also im IN

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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #28 on: September 20, 2009, 07:50:55 PM »
Quote from: StokesAk on September 20, 2009, 07:36:17 PM
Yea if i dont get it ill just ask

"How will this help us in real life" and my teacher will spend 15 minutes telling me something that has a slim chance of happening to me.

You know...I do the same thing in my DUAL Credit English class.  And, to top it off, my teacher rambles on for 30 minutes or more!
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Re: HTC tricked me!.........
« Reply #29 on: September 20, 2009, 07:53:09 PM »
Quote from: StokesAk on September 20, 2009, 07:49:06 PM
Math is my thing im in Algebra 2, class is great teacher is awesome, but having a bunch of junoirs in your class can be intimidating when your only a fresman.
I dunno about where you live, but up here it didn't make much difference. :) My ex took trig in 8th grade and finished out in a second year of AP Calculus. She was in a senior class as a sophomore and took two math classes a year.

EDIT: Although, I guess maybe being a hot girl made it harder for the others to pick at her about it. :rofl
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