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Originally Posted by Deathblow
If my understanding is correct, the turn radius of a ship is determined by two factors: the mass of the ship, and the "turning power" of the aft control surfaces....
And if that is the case, then why are the turn radii of the Oscar and Akula, both monsters of mass at 20ktons and 10kton respectively, 20% *less* than that of the LA at 7ktons? The akula and oscar rudders are not *that* much more powerful.... are they?
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How would you know? Have you studied hydrodynamics? I understand such things are based on many subtleties and we are talking 100m.
The Oscar, in any case, also has the advantage that it can attempt to reverse one of the screws. Real noisy, but if you are shooting for minimum turn radius at flank....
Besides, should I, for example, justify that Akula should have a much better climb rate than the 688 because it has 30% reserve buoyancy (which I can use) compared to 10?
To be fair, the more subtle areas of the DB tend to be rather crappy. Look up all the missiles and find some stunning, uh, revelations as to their performance as defined by Sonalysts
