A sanity question

[jreid666]

Hi folks,

I was out today and happened to go walking past the local harbour, when looking at some of the bigger boats, i started deciding where i could hit them with my eels. Is this normal?!?!? Has anyone else had this strange feeling? I also saw a large cargo in the bay and had it all worked out how i would approach and send her to the bottom. I'm getting scared with this!!!!!!! :har::har:

James

[Sailor Steve]

Yes indeed. People have been posting for years about figuring angle-on-the-bow for trucks on the freeway.

[Pisces]

When crossing my target's track on the road, I don't do the sprint ahead thing though. Not enough savegames in RL.

[RConch]

When crossing my target's track on the road, I don't do the sprint ahead thing though. Not enough savegames in RL.

DiD.:salute:

[sublynx]

It's a known phenomena this SH3 getting into real life thing but what we don't know so well, are the consequences. What is the next stage? At least for some people like myself the symptoms include hanging out in Subsim, but sometimes I wonder what else will happen...

[HW3]

You know you have it bad when you redesign you room to look like the interior of a submarine. There was a thread a long time ago of a guy who did just that.

:salute:

[Rhodes]

It's a known phenomena this SH3 getting into real life thing but what we don't know so well, are the consequences. What is the next stage? At least for some people like myself the symptoms include hanging out in Subsim, but sometimes I wonder what else will happen...

Shouting Allllarrrrrmmmm!!! Fluten, every time you ear a plane or a old phone ring...

I live in a coastal town, so every time I see the cargo ships entering, passing and leaving the port I'm always trying to determine the AOB and speed of those ships...:arrgh!:

[jreid666]

i think the next stage will be to hire a new builder and redesign my house in to a type IX C............

[STEED]

Yes indeed. People have been posting for years about figuring angle-on-the-bow for trucks on the freeway.


Easy...Wait for a hold up and hit them hard, well in the case of the M25 here in the UK known as the country's biggest car park. :har:

[KptLt Lindemann]

Funny, I recall reading the same kind of thread back in 2008, before my 4-year absence. Things haven't changed after all :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Mowgli]

Well I often lie on my bed near my machine after going to "my bunk" and read a book with my earphones on to listen in to reports.

The Captain's bunk is ingrained in my mind and so when I switch my machine off and go to bed, I give a dive order, set speed to 2 knots, order a normal hydrophone sweep. Instruct the radio operator to play some tunes for the crew and off to the land of nod I go whilst planning evasion techniques.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I sneak the odd german word into sentences. :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

Yes indeed. People have been posting for years about figuring angle-on-the-bow for trucks on the freeway.

I remember a certain KL doing just that with a cargo ship when we visited the USS Texas :03:

[Platapus]

Yeah, it happens, even at the most inconvenient times.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=175149&highlight=romantic

:oops:

[desertstriker]

i think the worst it has gotten for me so far is actually wanting to find the BPs for a type XID2 or XXI, VIIC at the least and actually finding somebody to build it so i can live in a submarine.
only problem is the darn coast guard might think i am smuggling drugs :Kaleun_Goofy:
but seriously if i had the money i would do it

[sublynx]

i think the worst it has gotten for me so far is actually wanting to find the BPs for a type XID2 or XXI, VIIC at the least and actually finding somebody to build it so i can live in a submarine.
only problem is the darn coast guard might think i am smuggling drugs :Kaleun_Goofy:
but seriously if i had the money i would do it

A very good idea and I made some initial calculations on the costs. A type VII C cost 4.8 million Reichsmarks to build. That's something like 2 million dollars in 1940. With inflation and stuff it would be like 32 million dollars today.

But... a type VIIC then was hypermodern technology. Nowadays it's scrap metal. And there's the dockyards in China with cheap labour. I think I'm going to see my bank manager today. I'll tell him I'm gonna build a type VIIC with the money he's going to loan me. He'll get the money back after I sail to Somalia, man the U-boat with Somali pirates and start getting some real ransom money extorted out of the tankers and merchants sailing between Asia and Europe :arrgh!:

[desertstriker]

A very good idea and I made some initial calculations on the costs. A type VII C cost 4.8 million Reichsmarks to build. That's something like 2 million dollars in 1940. With inflation and stuff it would be like 32 million dollars today.

But... a type VIIC then was hypermodern technology. Nowadays it's scrap metal. And there's the dockyards in China with cheap labour. I think I'm going to see my bank manager today. I'll tell him I'm gonna build a type VIIC with the money he's going to loan me. He'll get the money back after I sail to Somalia, man the U-boat with Somali pirates and start getting some real ransom money extorted out of the tankers and merchants sailing between Asia and Europe :arrgh!:
what is a type IXD2 cost and a type XXI cost for that matter

[TwoGamers]

Just ask the naval museam for their submarine or steal one from a military base.

[Pisces]

I sneak the odd german word into sentences. :arrgh!:Every now and then I hear myself utter "Jawohl, Herr Kaleun" for no apparent reason. Do I need meds?

[Obltn Strand]

A very good idea and I made some initial calculations on the costs. A type VII C cost 4.8 million Reichsmarks to build. That's something like 2 million dollars in 1940. With inflation and stuff it would be like 32 million dollars today.

But... a type VIIC then was hypermodern technology. Nowadays it's scrap metal. And there's the dockyards in China with cheap labour. I think I'm going to see my bank manager today. I'll tell him I'm gonna build a type VIIC with the money he's going to loan me. He'll get the money back after I sail to Somalia, man the U-boat with Somali pirates and start getting some real ransom money extorted out of the tankers and merchants sailing between Asia and Europe :arrgh!:
what is a type IXD2 cost and a type XXI cost for that matter

I have wondered this during sleeoless nights because I posess a skill set to build one.

Cheapest is one that looks like a real u boat from out side.
With additional cost it floats and moves.

Expensive toy to cruise around in sunny days. Owner can stand in connig tower wearing kaleuns cap. Bring some beer and friends make watch crew.

50 000 to 100 000 euros. Depending on cost of materials and labor, like in capitalism general.

Interior and diving capability is whole another matter. In Finland it is probaply illegal to build submarine anyways.

Making interior look authentic also cost and lot. Every valve handle, meter, gauge, instrument etc. have to be specifically crafted which is expensive.

I say lottery win or two to rent a drydock and lawers.

[Maceaciadh]

that will be a funny new thing to have for sea parties. hey lets all have a party on my boat :D

i know what i am getting if i ever become a billionaire, screw the yacht i am getting a XXI lol

i read on some other thread as well they are actually quieter than modern subs because the electrics (not sure about diesels) don't make a lot of noise. would be fun to troll the British fleet, con sonar, sound contact bearing 275, identified as..... a WW2 uboat???

[Obltn Strand]

that will be a funny new thing to have for sea parties. hey lets all have a party on my boat :D

i know what i am getting if i ever become a billionaire, screw the yacht i am getting a XXI lol
Well it's definetly different:)

i read on some other thread as well they are actually quieter than modern subs because the electrics (not sure about diesels) don't make a lot of noise. would be fun to troll the British fleet, con sonar, sound contact bearing 275, identified as..... a WW2 uboat???

It's nuclear versus diesel/electric. Nuclear reactor is essentially steam engine so running one always makes extra noise.

[desertstriker]

well if one of us ever gets one of those subs we will need a crew and i have a feeling the subsim community WILL be the prime source:Kaleun_Wink: of crew

[jreid666]

well if one of us ever gets one of those subs we will need a crew and i have a feeling the subsim community WILL be the prime sourcehttp://www.subsim.com/radioroom//images/smilies/Kaleun_Wink.gif of crew

I'm in. Every crew needs a good chef :Kaleun_Sick:

[Maceaciadh]

ring me up if you need a chief engineer, i am doing aerospace which is nothing close to submarines but hey you never know :yeah:

[desertstriker]

I'm in. Every crew needs a good chef :Kaleun_Sick:

ring me up if you need a chief engineer, i am doing aerospace which is nothing close to submarines but hey you never know :yeah:
ok so we have an officer and a chef

i can be watch officer

[U570]

just so long as I don't have to scrub the decks. That's Bernard's job :haha:. I'd probably take weapons officer

[sublynx]

I'm in. Every crew needs a good chef :Kaleun_Sick:

The chef really is a key person in a sub:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f9c9334-e239-11e1-be25-00144feab49a.html#axzz25gaUr9g2

Apply here:

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/Careers/Explore-Opportunities/Job-Finder/Roles/ChefSubmarine

[KptLt Lindemann]

My job involves interpreting weather reports and forecasts but I'm also trained to compile and send them. So count me in if you think that will help :03:

[bat05]

these questions had plagued me for years .I left SHIII for awhile, but...just when you think your out, it pulls you back in.

[desertstriker]

these questions had plagued me for years .I left SHIII for awhile, but...just when you think your out, it pulls you back in.
LOL it happens to the best of us it is one of those few games you could play hundreds of times and still not get old... it pulls you back it is an addiction there are very few games capable of doing this for single player play anymore few games just suck you in like this one does.