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CCIP · 03-20-06, 03:00 AM

I can live with 2. However, I had read (and I'll probably need to find that source again) that the slowest and most silent speed setting for U-boat electric engines is ~50rpm, which in SHIII equals about 1kt.

In either case, a slow sinking boat of any sort is better than a hoverboat.

03-20-06, 03:00 AM	#5
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I can live with 2. However, I had read (and I'll probably need to find that source again) that the slowest and most silent speed setting for U-boat electric engines is ~50rpm, which in SHIII equals about 1kt. In either case, a slow sinking boat of any sort is better than a hoverboat. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)