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Originally Posted by Zosimus
Please explain how you graduated from grammar school with no reading comprehension skills.
I specifically said that the ship would be moving forward, at perhaps 1 knot. This is so slow that the ship's noise is minimal and will not be heard except at very close range.
Second, even assuming that the boat is not moving at all, the boat can be handled by adjusting its buoyancy. Compressed air can be released into the ballast tanks. If the boat seems to be pitching down, compressed air can be released into the fore ballast tank. If the boat seems to be pitching up, compressed air can be released into the aft ballast tank. Conversely air can be released and water taken in to adjust its pitch.
Will the compressed air eventually run out? Of course. However, U-boats did not sink like stones every time they stopped moving. U-boats contained sophisticated controls and had a crew of about two score to keep it working as the captain wanted.
A far more realistic adjustment to the reality of U-boat life would be to have the compressed air used up more quickly when the boat is at all stop rather than having the boat sink.
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First, for what reason did you choose to address an insulting personal remark? I don't recall that I or anyone else on this thread directed personal insults your way.
Second, if you will review some of the previous posts, you will see that the question under discussion was whether a submarine could maintain depth control while hovering - that is, with no way on. No one was disputing the ability of a submarine to maintain a constant depth while moving. For mistakenly thinking that your comments were intended to be relevant to the question at hand, I apologize.