Your asking me specifics for something I haven't put any thought into for a couple of years i'm guessing. off the top of my head, (cause its been too long to remember specifics):
- Actual cruising speed of fleet boats. This was an exrtrapolation based upon reading patrol reports, first hand accounts, and looking at specifics such as how many gallons of fuel oil was actually carried, and doing the math of that against listed statistical range, and how much fuel captains reported as having left over after a patrol. Lots of extrapolation here based on what data I was able to find. One key issue is this: Fleet boats were expected to arrive at their patrol stations by such and such time. They were expected to leave their assigned areas at such and such time. They often traveled to their patrol areas at such a speed as to arrive at their assigned station at their appointed time. At which point, they would cruise at 10 knots or whatever to conserve fuel.
Side note: one problem with online sources is they all plagiarize each other.
- Flat map projection is easy to identify. Go download the google earth application. Then go into SH4, and draw a straight ruler line between two known points. Say, from San Franciso to Tokyo for example. Write the number you get in game down. Then go to google earth app, and do the same again. You'll notice the ingame range is longer. Take the google earth (more like actual) range, multiply it by 0.25 or somewhere there abouts, and add the result to the original range given by google earth. It will come close to the listed range in game.
- Fuel ballast is a bitch. Read around and you'll find two boats of the same class listed at different fuel capacities. Some will be like 94,600 gallons or something like that. Another will be listed at 104,000 gallons or more.
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