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Old 06-10-09, 07:36 AM   #18
sharkbit
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Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye View Post
I had a malfunction on my sub in '42 in the Med. I only discovered it when being depth charged, the malfunction was that the sub couldn't stay level at over 140 metres. Resulting in sinking unless the engines were at ahead standard or we blew ballast.
My depth test was at 120m
Did you crash dive while submerged?

I've noticed a couple times that if you hit C and crash dive while submerged, depth control is impossible at slow speeds. I have to go at about 3-4 knots to stay at the level I want.

Very annoying when trying to be quiet and sneak away from the destroyer coming at you and caused you to panic and crash dive from periscope depth in the first place.
I've tried not to ever do that, but I forgot a couple of days ago and had the issue again.

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