Air dropped torps and Shallow waters
 

Air dropped torpedos sink in the mud if the water depth is 80 ft or so. :damn: Is this a bug or a feature? :stare: :hmm: My leanings are to bug because real life dropped torpedos use chutes. :yep: Also WW2 air dropped torpedos did not do this (at least not 100% of the time) :arrgh!:

You have to use lightweight torpedos and launch them at low altitude.

lightweight - as opposed to Mk38? and is 50 ft low enough?

50 ft is surely low enough, on the p-3 you can carry only mk-46 and mk-50.
Maybe you are not setting the "depth" variable accordingly prior to launch.?

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Re: Air dropped torps and Shallow waters
 

Feature. They use chutes, but that means they enter the water vertically - AFAIK a WWII torp is hits the water more or less on its belly, so the pre-stabilization dip may well be less.

The Jap's launched torps in pearl harbour and its what not far over 40 feet deep.

Re: Air dropped torps and Shallow waters
 

Some Russian ones did. One used three so I could be droped from High Alt. :o

IIRC they made their torps able to be used in very shallow water specifically for Pearl Harbor.

Check the CADC for that ... I posted way back how to drop them in low waters. Nevertheless even with chutes and all you are dropping something that is pretty heavy compared to a human for example at speed so a bit depth would be nice ... I think as it is it's ok.

So basically a sub can stay in waters less than 80 ft and laught at any Seahawks or Orions? Is this limitation there for AI ?

you can use shallow water to your advantage in a game i recently played i was in deep water and managed to run into shallow water it got so shallow i surfaced.

Torpedo hit the mud as it couldnt get up the under sea mounds to get me.

Shallow water plays hell on air-dropped ANYTHING. Although, in the P3 you can compensate by flying low (as mentioned) and fast. 50', throttles to the firewall, which causes the torpedo to have a flatter trajectory when it splashes.

For helo's...er..hover with your belly in the water? :hmm:

I just made a mission where ownship was a kilo in shallow water <25m. Had a P-3, MH-60, SH-60B and SH-60F running searches in 10 mile box with me in center. I surfaced and watched on truth. All at once they turned towards, got within torpedo range and dropped all their torpedos into the mud! :lol: I let buzz me and then I blazed them all out of they sky with trusy SA-14! :rotfl:

Oh boy i have some debts to collect among them(especialy P-3) so...can u upload that mission :know: