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Originally Posted by LGN1
IIRC, all tanks could be emptied with compressed air. At least the Regelzellen, Regelbunker, Trimmzellen, and Tauchzelle 3 could be emptied via the pumps. Thus, the u-boat could surface both with enough battery power and with enough compressed air (However, I don't know whether surfacing without electric power could be done in a controlled manner). If you are interested in further details, the original handbook of the VIIC contains much information about this.
The quick diving tank was usually emptied immediately after the boat submerged, i.e., it should be always empty when submerged for a longer time. Its purpose was just to get the boat quickly below the surface.
The compressed air dial measures the pressure, i.e., it should never reach 0. Since the u-boat was usually trimmed slightly positive, the slow surfacing might actually be quite realistic 
Cheers, LGN1 |
Hi! mmmmhh it could be correct if I just waited at 1024x and the sub went at surface by its own. But I got surface pressing E or S, thus ordering blow ballast tanks (but what air it used?) and put dive planes up