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Old 10-13-06, 10:22 AM   #2
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Good point! It's been a year-and-a-half and I never thought of that; but you're right. At first I was just thinking of seeing the men at the planes, and that there was no way to fix that, but I remembered that they're only there if you have them there, and you have to have them there because it increases the effeciency of the compartment. Again you're right; they shouldn't be there on the surface, even more so in SH4 because in U.S. fleet boats the bow planes are retracted vertically and can't be used at all. In fact, more than one boat had the bow planes damaged and either couldn't get them down so diving was more difficult, or couldn't get them up so they caused excess drag while surfaced.

Also I hope they put in the helmsman this time.
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