205. "Silent mode" (schleighfahrt <sp>?) and hydraulic services.
Currently the silent mode does very little of worth. I understand - but would love confirmation - that when running silent, the noise of hydraulically powered services was quietened by going over to manual control
So the rudder was moved from the e-motor room wheel, and the planes by unassisted movement of the wheels.
So - the current "silent mode" switch could be used as a way of turning off hydraulic motors which powered the periscope, planes and rudder, making turns slower, and changes on pitch attitude via the planes also slower to move (but still controlled from the dive station). But quieter. Some reform of sound effects might be in order, to remove/change some sound effects when silent mode is in effect, to emphasise the change?
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