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Shkval
11-19-12, 06:43 PM
Well I ordered PD while positioning for rear tubes attack (moving backwards, at "back standard") and almost went to the bottom... :timeout:... luckily I glanced at the depth meter and saw that I'm close to 50m and just passing thermal layer!! I barely managed to hold her at 55m... after ordering PD again (nothing still dropping :o), switching to "ahead 2/3" (still dropping :eek:), and finally blowing ballast (starts to climb :timeout:) !
Anyone had same problems?
TMO 2.5 + RSRDC(patched) + OTC...
Armistead
11-19-12, 10:22 PM
I've never seen or heard of any issue where a dive wasn't controlled unless you had damage. In fact the game is rather perfect in finding the depth you set.
Shkval
11-20-12, 03:23 AM
It's a brand new sub on the first patrol... not a scratch... this is first time for me also...
TwoGamers
11-20-12, 03:48 AM
Sometimes my boat just dives really steeply and doesnt pull up for ages. Maybe the same things happening to you
TorpX
11-21-12, 11:32 PM
Well I ordered PD while positioning for rear tubes attack (moving backwards, at "back standard") and almost went to the bottom...
I don't know, but diving the boat while moving backwards is an odd sort of maneuver. Does it dive normally otherwise?
Shkval
11-22-12, 03:37 AM
Yes it does... I haven't try backward dive again since... but i will try again tonight... now I know that I need to watch out... why did I do it? Well I tracked the target while on surface during the "four bearings procedure" and it's much easier when you don't have to dive like in a U-boat... just stand still and track it... then I realized it will pass in front of my stern tubes I just calculated T course and ordered dive... I also noticed that my helm's man had trouble to stir at given course... he keep missing it and constantly wobbling left-right... I guess the program doesn't count on this kind of manoeuvrings...
BigWalleye
11-22-12, 07:18 AM
Shkval, it might be better to use direct rudder commands when moving astern, rather than trying to follow a plotted course. You could be right that the program logic may not be geared for maneuvering in reverse. You might try diving and then setting a depth instead of ordering "Periscope Depth". If the program logic is wobbly for steering in two dimensions, it may not know how to handle the third either.