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06-28-17, 10:13 AM | #1 |
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So how do the storage racks actually work? I always assumed you could pick any weapon from anywhere on the rack using something like a powered traverse, but it sounds a little more complicated than so.
And what is it like on subs that have bow tubes? |
06-28-17, 11:41 AM | #2 | |
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The layout of the 688 (all flts) is, there are two outboard stows (port/stbd &upper/lower), and the middle (inboard) stows (upper/lower). In between the outboard and inboard stows, are the hoists. There is a hoist both port and stbd. The hoist is used to relocate a unit from upper to lower to lower to upper. In the original picture at the beginning of this thread, it showed a unit on the no. 1 load line (tube 1). A unit is unlocked from its stow and locked onto something called the rabbit. The rabbits are hydraulically operated and move (shuttle) the unit port or stbd. Then the unit is unlocked from the rabbits and locked into the new stowage location. From a game play perspective, I think having the ability to move weapons around in the room not a smart play. It adds too much complexity to the game and something I do not want to have to deal with while making an approach. Do you think the CO determines where each weapon is stowed in the room. No, The Weps and head Torpedo Man (TM) do. If you really want to drill down on this, there are different software versions of ADCAPS and different software versions have different capabilities... If the CO and Weps discuss that they need a specific software variant, they just tell the TM's to get it loaded into a specific tube. The CO does not need to know everything that is going on down in the room to make this happen... He has other things on his mind. As to bow tube boats, we have not had any of those for a long time. |
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06-28-17, 12:06 PM | #3 |
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Well, we do have the Skipjack in game, and we're going to do the Soviet subs which of course all have bow tubes, so it's interesting to know what their layouts are like.
Do the Sturgeons and Permits have the same layout as the Los Angeles? |
06-28-17, 12:46 PM | #4 | |
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06-28-17, 01:22 PM | #5 |
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06-28-17, 02:53 PM | #6 |
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It's more a matter of a force pushing the torpedo out of the tube. I think the tubes are angled only out of necessity (with the end on the side of the ship).
Think of it like that. At 3Gs acceleration in 1 second the torpedo will move by 15 meters and can accelerate from 0 to 56 knots. Looking at the cutaway pictures the torpedo tube seems to be about 13m, so it will easily clear the tube in one second and I assume it then slows down to 50 (or whatever the torp. is set to) due to drag. I think this varies from ship to ship. The only example of loading the forward facing tubes that I was able to find was the already mentioned HMCS Victoria. It seems that the only thing that's different is the way torpedoes are placed before the tube. |
06-28-17, 03:07 PM | #7 |
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So in a related question, how long does it take to reload a noisemaker IRL?
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06-28-17, 03:37 PM | #8 |
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About 2 seconds, judging from my wife's abilities.
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06-28-17, 01:25 PM | #9 | |
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637's have only two sets of stows. Port/Stbd. The single hoist is in the middle of the room between them (the stows). Stowage capacity is the same. |
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06-28-17, 03:52 PM | #10 |
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Great news!
But back on topic, no one has discussed reloading while the ship is changing depth (decks not level). Currently there are no restrictions on reloading based on the angle of the boat/deck, what are the real restrictions like? |
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