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Originally Posted by Bubblehead Nuke
YES!. Devs.. This please!
As a qualified throttleman I can ASSURE you that we would NOT cavitate on a bell change unless ORDERED to do this. If cavitation was to occur the EOOW would notify conn that they were cavitating. They would then acknowledge the report and order us to continue to answer the bell.
If you got the bell change with the a ring of the engine order telegraph (a cavitate button I guess) that would indicate a order to answer the ordered bell without regard to cavitation.
Example: When conn ordered ahead flank for torpedo evasion we would get the OET to Ahead Flank with 3 rings of the OET bell. That was our clue to stand on the power.
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I can confirm this from my time as helm. Cavitation will occur if you go too fast for a given depth though, and that may be what they're modeling. Watching the screw go from All Stop to All Ahead Flank at 500 ft, the in game Throttleman cranks open the Ahead Throttle without regard to cavitation occurring due to putting too many turns on the screw too quickly. But in this instance no cavitation occurred when it should have in real life. So I think it's safe to say the cavitaion model is a simple depth vs speed profile.
Also that Throttleman should blow the ORSE team away with his ability to go from Ahead Flank to All Stop Stop the shaft, all in under 3 secs.
