On a navigation exercise with a XIC and mid-war crew, wind speed 4 m/sec, at flank speed the pit log fluctuates between 17 and 17.5 kts. That is slightly less than the spec maximum of 18.3 kts. Not knowing how the spec maximum was determined, that seems a reasonable operational maximum.
Used the following mod list for this trial:
NYGM Tonnage War V2.5 – Stand Alone Version
NYGM3_New
NYGM3_6D
NYGM Tonnage War Minefield Mod
NYGM HiRes Submarines
IABLShipsforNYGM_New
TMT mod(NYGM version)
Harbor Traffic Add-In
Alternate Dial Faces
AllAirTorpedoes
Scirč-Tikigod- repeated order
SHIII Internal Life Mod v1.2
BritishAsdicMkIFinal
EAX_Sound_Sim_SH3
FM_NewInterior v2.1D
Carotio_SH3_ClothesHatsFacesSkilledCrew
NeuUZO&PeriV.2
Capt. Teach's SH3 Color Icons for GWX 3.0 (Standard)
TorpedoTubesFfireFinal vStock
Spirit of machines
NYGM 3.6D zigzag campaign layer
Bearded faces
M.E.P v4.2
Optional - ShipVanishingHull for MEP v4.3
M.E.P v4.2 - VisualSensors for NYGM 3.6b
M.E.P v4.2 to v4.3
New _hydrophone _layers for SH3 v2.0_NYGM
Rbs1_SH4_Effects_GWX_21_204f
Hitman_GUI_NYGM3_1.1
Van1920x1080 v1.1
Supplement to V16B1 - NYGM
Stiebler4B_Addon_for_V16B1 - NYGM
O2-Gauges v2
BW On-Top Mod WYGM v1.0.5
Did not use SH3 Commander.
NSS_Uboat9c.cfg showed MaxSpeed=18.3.
Tested again. Same apparent conditions. 16.0 to 17.0 kts.
15.0 kts. seems low, but there are a lot of conditions which affect the realizable maximum. Based on the first-person accounts, this was true R/L as well.
BTW, WB'S Decks awash + Fuel Economy mod, file NSS_Uboat9c.cfg sets MaxSpeed=18.3
Last edited by BigWalleye; 08-17-14 at 11:03 AM.
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