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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
I'm not overly familiar with submarine operations, but I have plenty of evidence that surface ships have exactly that problem with their rudder. Ships turn tighter at full speed than they do at slower speeds. This would seem to be the opposite of cars and airplanes, and boats, all of which have wider turn radii at higher speeds. The seeming discrepancy comes about for the simple reason that ships cannot go fast enough to have that effect.
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Never thought about this before - but now that I do, I'm wondering if SH3 (and no doubt naval sims) model this effect...? I have a feeling SH3 does, and will check it the next time I play.
Just found some info about ship turning circles here (not read it yet)
http://shipsbusiness.com/turning-circle.html
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
I'm pretty sure that subs of the WW2 variety need to be going at least 2 or 3 knots to get enough bite in the planes to maintain depth properly, which is problematic because it's not much faster than that when noise becomes a problem, as well as vibration causing problems for the periscope.
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Makes sense.
I think I recently read a post here on Subsim about a mod which reduces periscope visibility and usage at higher submerged speeds.