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MarkShot · 01-10-08, 10:26 PM

I meant to ask about this.

GWX implements positive buoancy and so at PD, you will tend drift up and broach if you don't maintain at least 2kts.

However, if I take my VIIC deep to 220M, I find that even at 3kts it continues to sink with negative buoancy. I need to make at least 4kts to avoid sinking into the abyss. Why is this? Is this something about GWX or SH3? Is this modeling that air in any trim tanks would be much more compressed at that depth, and so, the same trim tanks would be taking on more water and make the sub go negative. Except for speeding up, there doesn't seem to be anyway to bleed any high pressure air into the trim tanks.

???

Thanks.

01-10-08, 10:26 PM	#25
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	I meant to ask about this. GWX implements positive buoancy and so at PD, you will tend drift up and broach if you don't maintain at least 2kts. However, if I take my VIIC deep to 220M, I find that even at 3kts it continues to sink with negative buoancy. I need to make at least 4kts to avoid sinking into the abyss. Why is this? Is this something about GWX or SH3? Is this modeling that air in any trim tanks would be much more compressed at that depth, and so, the same trim tanks would be taking on more water and make the sub go negative. Except for speeding up, there doesn't seem to be anyway to bleed any high pressure air into the trim tanks. ??? Thanks. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!