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Front Runner · 01-12-19, 01:34 PM

I have noticed that the dive times seem longish. When your boat is on the surface AND 18 feet (for the Balao), and you press the "D" key (planes set for normal dive), it seems to submerge to about 22 feet and hang there for about 20 seconds or more, then slowly continue the dive until finally it goes under.
Now if you "surface" and do not wait (about 5 minutes) for the "keel depth" to return to 18 feet, (simulating low pressure blow), then the serial dive, from about 20 feet, (the next dive) happens much faster.

"Crash Dive" (from 18 feet) only sets the engines to "Flank" and the dive does not initiate any faster than with the "D" key. It still hangs at 22 feet before continuing. Any "serial dive" (from 20 feet) submerges the boat much faster.

To test this, you have to wait about 5 minutes between dives.

01-12-19, 01:34 PM	#7127
Front Runner Sonar Guy Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The FREE State of FLORIDA Posts: 399 Downloads: 215 Uploads: 0	Dive times I have noticed that the dive times seem longish. When your boat is on the surface AND 18 feet (for the Balao), and you press the "D" key (planes set for normal dive), it seems to submerge to about 22 feet and hang there for about 20 seconds or more, then slowly continue the dive until finally it goes under. Now if you "surface" and do not wait (about 5 minutes) for the "keel depth" to return to 18 feet, (simulating low pressure blow), then the serial dive, from about 20 feet, (the next dive) happens much faster. "Crash Dive" (from 18 feet) only sets the engines to "Flank" and the dive does not initiate any faster than with the "D" key. It still hangs at 22 feet before continuing. Any "serial dive" (from 20 feet) submerges the boat much faster. To test this, you have to wait about 5 minutes between dives. __________________ "It is well war is so terrible, lest we should grow too fond of it" - C.S.A. General Robert E. Lee "Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato Gone but not forgotten, RIP Dave "LeoVampire".