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Originally Posted by Shadriss
Bubblehead notes that snap rolling was seen on 688's, and he's correct... right up until they were all back-fit with dihedrals... a pair of additional 'rudder-like' appendages on the 45 degree angles between the stern planes and the lower rudder. At this point, as far as I'm aware, no '88 I-flights experience this, nor do the SEAWOLF or VIRGINIA classes.
OHIO's don't either, but that's more a function of their size and top speed than anything else. Had a skipper on the ALABAMA who spent the entirety of his first patrol trying to get it to happen - lots of god high-speed operations training ensued, but no snap-rolls. We were kinda bummed about that.
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Always wondered what those were for. They relocated the countermeasure launchers to the dihedrals, too, didn't they?