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Originally Posted by Steeltrap
I actually have taken to remaining dead in the water at 80' depth. It's impossible to remain on the surface without using fuel, even at 'all stop'. You can, however, hover at any depth without using battery power, so you need only surface periodically to replenish the air supply. It's silly, but works as a response to a probelm in the sim vis a vis remaining motionless without using fuel AND being able to 'search' using the hydrophones. I find a good spot where shipping should travel then remain at 80' for long periods of time. It's the same as remaining on the surface and allows using the hydrophones and no fuel, as was actually done in real life, so I accept that hovering was not really possible......
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That's pretty much what I end up doing a majority of the time.
If I'm not sure where the shipping lanes are at, I'll submerge to about 80 - 100' and just listen. When I hear faint noises, I'll head there at ~2kts until my air supply runs low, I'll surface replenish the battery and air to 100% and then dive to 80' again and listen until I get a travel pattern of contacts.
Once I have the approximate travel lane figured out, I'll head topside and head out there at Standard speed diving periodically to see how close the contacts appear. Once about 2500' out from the travel lanes, I end up bobbing up and down from 100' to the surface (replenishing my air supply) just listening for contacts and refining my target search.
In the past, if I was trying to conserve fuel, I've always been under impression that going Standard or Full while under diesel, then diving to 50 - 80' and doing electric at 1/3 until my battery is about to run dry and then recharging topside at Standard or Full again, was the way to go... but I guess not?