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- - Why does the crash dive go to ~70m? (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=152807)

As Jimbuna pointed out, the easiest solution is to edit the CrashDepth in the sub file.

I used to amend mine to 25m.

Peter Cremer in U333 said the test in the baltic was to get to 20-25m in around 25 seconds.

As has also been stated, DO NOT interrupt crash dive until it has finished i.e. levelled out at the pre-set depth (default 70m). Doing so can have some screwy effects.

It is embarrasing to crash dive into the bottom though. :oops:

Not that I've ever done that though. :shifty: I've just heard of it happening.

No really...I never have. :03:

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As has also been stated, DO NOT interrupt crash dive until it has finished i.e. levelled out at the pre-set depth (default 70m). Doing so can have some screwy effects.

I've never had a problem CDing from the surface and hitting the A button at the depth I want to level out at. My sub overshoots the depth but comes back up and levels off without any problems.
I haven't tried setting a different depth on the depth gauge during a CD though. That may be an issue.

I have had depth control problems when CDing from periscope depth. My sub just keeps going down and depth control is very difficult. You have to maintain a higher speed to stay level which causes problems when trying to evade the destroyer that caused you to CD in the first place.

:)