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Armistead · 02-19-10, 02:01 PM

If your headed for the bottom.

Don't forget you can blow those tanks. In the game you can stop yourself from surfacing when blowing the tanks. Just be careful not to surface, get about 150ft, you have to hit the dive planes or cut speed to stop from surfacing. Course you'll head for the bottom again and have to repeat. I only do this when nothing else works.

Still, do what bubble said first to see if you can hold. I usually try to stay even depth in this order, speed, changing from ahead to reverse depending on angle of the sub, blowing tanks...Also in SH4 using the periscope depth button will often bring you up when just trying to manually change depth won't...Using those or a combination of all is sometimes needed. We call it the old "Pacific Two Step". I've held my depth before with my sub almost vertical in the water. If your badly damaged, you may be able to buy enough time to get things fixed.

Worse case, I just blow tanks and surface. I may try to shoot the charge racks off then go back down and try again...Nothings worse than having several escorts on you and your sub won't hold depth, but you can survive.

02-19-10, 02:01 PM	#3
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	If your headed for the bottom. Don't forget you can blow those tanks. In the game you can stop yourself from surfacing when blowing the tanks. Just be careful not to surface, get about 150ft, you have to hit the dive planes or cut speed to stop from surfacing. Course you'll head for the bottom again and have to repeat. I only do this when nothing else works. Still, do what bubble said first to see if you can hold. I usually try to stay even depth in this order, speed, changing from ahead to reverse depending on angle of the sub, blowing tanks...Also in SH4 using the periscope depth button will often bring you up when just trying to manually change depth won't...Using those or a combination of all is sometimes needed. We call it the old "Pacific Two Step". I've held my depth before with my sub almost vertical in the water. If your badly damaged, you may be able to buy enough time to get things fixed. Worse case, I just blow tanks and surface. I may try to shoot the charge racks off then go back down and try again...Nothings worse than having several escorts on you and your sub won't hold depth, but you can survive. Last edited by Armistead; 02-19-10 at 02:15 PM.