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Originally Posted by Front Runner
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.
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I'd like to give you an update on this. Two of my crew have been upgraded to specialist and part of their special ability is faster dive times. Here are some test I ran:
Speed 10 knots time (IN SECONDS) to dive from surface to 60 feet.
55, 63, 76, 76, 76 Average dive time of five dives 69.2 seconds
Speed Flank (21 knots) Time (IN SECONDS) to dive from surface to 60 feet.
55, 50, 46, 52, 46 Average dive time of five dives 49.8