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HarLkiN · 09-22-06, 05:39 AM

thats true...

i read that the daily testing dive was to 20 m. they had to calculate the weight of the boat on the surface. buchheim accounts for one time a weight error for the entire boat of 100 liter (~25 gallons) and a trimming error of 30 liters. the petty officer "zentralemaat", was praised by the captain for the high accuracy on the occaison.

so they achieved high accuracy in trimming the boat. the trim had to be adapted to the consumption of fuel, food, the density of the water, etc...

when going submerged, usualy they had to stay on their diving stations and were not to move away if not for important reasons. they had for example buckets in the compartments to follow natures call....

09-22-06, 05:39 AM	#9
HarLkiN Nub Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Feiburg, Germany Posts: 3 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 0	thats true... i read that the daily testing dive was to 20 m. they had to calculate the weight of the boat on the surface. buchheim accounts for one time a weight error for the entire boat of 100 liter (~25 gallons) and a trimming error of 30 liters. the petty officer "zentralemaat", was praised by the captain for the high accuracy on the occaison. so they achieved high accuracy in trimming the boat. the trim had to be adapted to the consumption of fuel, food, the density of the water, etc... when going submerged, usualy they had to stay on their diving stations and were not to move away if not for important reasons. they had for example buckets in the compartments to follow natures call....