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Originally Posted by Frying Tiger
I've found that before you get an SJ, patrolling submerged gives you a greater detection range at times with the sonar than your visual search. You can then surface and run down the sonar bearing until you pick them up.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frying Tiger
I've found that before you get an SJ, patrolling submerged gives you a greater detection range at times with the sonar than your visual search. You can then surface and run down the sonar bearing until you pick them up.
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As a player of WW2 subsims I confess my sin ... I enjoy the pre-radar era. I like sonar work. I might also add that even in the "radar era" the passive hydrophone may well be the "sensor" of choice under many circumstances.
BUT
I would never drain my batteries to cover a veeery modest area while a good combination of surface patrolling plus some "dips" for sonar work works better (more area actualliy patrolled and your batteries are always full). Whenever I "dip", I keep my speed is 1 kts or less and I do so for less than 15-20 min. Then on the susrface for 1-2 hours then another dip. Actually It is more role playing on my part, as ingame fleetboats seem to behave with a full sonar capacity even while surfaced (something that doesn't feel quite right
).