[Immelmann]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

OK, I ~finally~ got to see that Taffy you saw, but with my edits on the file, in a Single Mission test file I made. The group looks much better, no "rockers" (a few "mods" - ahem, bad joke, sorry). Scary thing is, now that none of the ships have trouble keeping convoy, the escorts are a bit more attentive to what is going on around them... two came after me before I got close, three stayed with the group, and two more did an "in between, just-in-case" stance... once the two started dropping their cans, the other two went back to the group, and those five escorts and the group took off... I'm still at 265, under the layer, silent running for the last 8 hours game time, running out of air and battery, still with the cans falling, a few at a time. I've been submerged about 12 hours (game time) altogether, so have a ways to go there, but no fans, no pumps... I might get about 30 minutes between attacks, but usually less... surely, they'll run out of depth charges before I do air. The sun is surely setting by now... Who is this "Shirley" anyway?... This "testing" stuff can surely be stressful... - btw, have I mentioned how much I detest "glass sea" conditions?...

With the Task Force making proper speed I bet there is no way I could do the kind of running, break contact then re-establish contact the way that I have been on that formation. I hide down around 350 feet. Don't know if that would make that big of a difference. Also I go to the tachometer and speed selector on the command deck and make sure I am at or below 50 rpm. Good luck. Oh incidentally, if I told you guys that I took 25 points of hull damage while transiting the Panama Canal then you would tell me that I am on my with that one, right?