Professional Ship Simulator Bridge & Physics Workbench

Bridge Radar & Vector Hydrodynamics HEAD UP (STAB)

HDG: 045°

CRS: 048.8°

SOG: 16.2 KTS

WIND: 18 KTS @ 045°

RANGE RINGS: 0.5 NM / DIV

Telemetry Instrumentation & Helm Deck SIM SPEED: 1.0X REALTIME

Speed Over Ground SOG

16.2 knots

Rate of Turn ROT

1.4 deg/s

Dynamic Drift Angle LEEWAY

3.8 deg

Tactical Turning Radius TACTICAL

320 meters

Vessel Class HULL TYPE

Cargo Freighter

Displacement & Max V DWT / V_MAX

45000 t • 21.5 kt

Select Vessel Class INERTIA: HIGH • 45,000 DWT

Engine Telegraph Throttle 75% Ahead

Helm Rudder Angle 15° Starboard

Environmental Wind Speed 18 Knots (Beaufort 5)

Wind Relative Bearing 45° Stbd Bow

Hydrodynamic Physics & Inertia Model

Hull resistance scales quadratic with speed; rudder authority is coupled with propeller slipstream. Lateral wind drag generates a dynamic drift vector (leeway) altering the course over ground (COG).