Do Elco boats run out of petrol?

Foghladh_mhara · 08-07-07, 06:10 PM

I ask this cos I'm an idiot. I've been playing this game long enough to know that you dont go through the channel but... I went through the channel.
Brand new career and the patrol started Sep 1st at midday. Without doing any speed/distance calculations I figured I'd have plenty of time to get through der kanal before the curtain went up. At ahead full I got as far as Brighton. I haven't been harrassed by anything that can depth charge me yet but theres a pesky little torpedo boat following me everywhere. I swear he must have asdic. And his machinegun fire is a bit too accurate for my liking.
This shortcut is taking longer than a trip around the Hebrides!!!

GoldenRivet · 08-07-07, 06:37 PM

they are nuclear powered - your hosed.

J/K

i would think he would have enough fuel to run the span of the channel but thats about it. if your using GWX you better lose him quick lest he calls in his friends who will do a much better job of hunting you down.

Mooncatt · 08-07-07, 08:11 PM

yeah if he keeps following you he will call for better friends and they will come if ur using gwx so might be better either to......
1. surface and take him out (doesnt take much)
2. settle on the bottom and wait till he buggers off obviously silent an all that razz ma jazz

Brag · 08-07-07, 09:29 PM

Haven't you been here long enough to hear: Stay aus das Kanal?
Tommy and his fellow Pierre will come over a knock the rust off your boat.

Meanwhile, can I have your gramophone and those nice disks you have?

Blacklight · 08-07-07, 09:40 PM

I've plowed through the channel once and only once and it was by sheer luck that none of the allied ships noticed me. This was with GWX too. We made it all the way to our patrol area only to be sent to the bottom by a convoy escort that day.

Kaleun_Saxi · 08-07-07, 11:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brag

Haven't you been here long enough to hear: Stay aus das Kanal?
Tommy and his fellow Pierre will come over a knock the rust off your boat.

Meanwhile, can I have your gramophone and those nice disks you have?

Ahem, it should say "Halten Sie sich aus dem Kanal heraus"!

In my opinion, a good way to get rid of Elcos is to navigate close to a coast or do a harbour raid, those idiots typically run ashore or crash against the harbour quays. :p

bookworm_020 · 08-08-07, 12:02 AM

They have more fuel that a large tanker!

Set them alight and they leave a burning trail behind them!

STEED · 08-08-07, 04:54 AM

They make great target practice by sharpening up your deck/AA guns skill.

KeptinCranky · 08-08-07, 12:50 PM

Sure they run out of fuel, the question is, will they do so before you run out of air

Also going through der Kanal in 39 is doable, and if your not in the narrowest shallowest bits, and are harassed by elcos, dive! otherwise I had a great time staying surfaced and dodging half-asleep DDs while staying decks awash. great adrenaline rush

concerning Tommy and Pierre coming for you, sure, but when they do you may already have made a significant dent in their merchant marine because those are also all in der Kanal for some reason. just don't waste any battery juice going after schooners doing 9 knots.

Jimbuna · 08-08-07, 12:54 PM

Go below at silent running and after about 30 (game time ) minutes he'll be on his merry way

Foghladh_mhara · 08-08-07, 05:47 PM

I lost patience with him, surfaced and blew his ass outta the water. Matrosengefreiter Schmidt seems to have been killed however whilst manning the flak gun. The next tramp steamers for you Johannes

Hakahura · 08-08-07, 06:03 PM

Elco boats? Petrol?

Now I think about it...

It seens to me the little buggers have got an unlimited supply.

Sailor Steve · 08-08-07, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foghladh_mhara

I've been playing this game long enough to know that you dont go through the channel but... I went through the channel.

Quote:

I ask this cos I'm an idiot.

Say no more.

Jimbuna · 08-09-07, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foghladh_mhara

I lost patience with him, surfaced and blew his ass outta the water. Matrosengefreiter Schmidt seems to have been killed however whilst manning the flak gun. The next tramp steamers for you Johannes

That's why I suggested you submerge....the guns they carry can really make a mess of your crew

IrischKapitan · 08-09-07, 11:08 AM

Has any one happened to hit one with thier 88 or 105, I'd love to see what happens to thoses little buggers when there hit :hmm:

08-07-07, 06:10 PM	#1
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Do Elco boats run out of petrol? I ask this cos I'm an idiot. I've been playing this game long enough to know that you dont go through the channel but... I went through the channel. Brand new career and the patrol started Sep 1st at midday. Without doing any speed/distance calculations I figured I'd have plenty of time to get through der kanal before the curtain went up. At ahead full I got as far as Brighton. I haven't been harrassed by anything that can depth charge me yet but theres a pesky little torpedo boat following me everywhere. I swear he must have asdic. And his machinegun fire is a bit too accurate for my liking. This shortcut is taking longer than a trip around the Hebrides!!! __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

08-07-07, 06:37 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	they are nuclear powered - your hosed. J/K i would think he would have enough fuel to run the span of the channel but thats about it. if your using GWX you better lose him quick lest he calls in his friends who will do a much better job of hunting you down. __________________

08-07-07, 08:11 PM	#3
Mooncatt Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Keighley UK Posts: 938 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	yeah if he keeps following you he will call for better friends and they will come if ur using gwx so might be better either to...... 1. surface and take him out (doesnt take much) 2. settle on the bottom and wait till he buggers off obviously silent an all that razz ma jazz __________________

08-07-07, 09:29 PM	#4
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Haven't you been here long enough to hear: Stay aus das Kanal? Tommy and his fellow Pierre will come over a knock the rust off your boat. Meanwhile, can I have your gramophone and those nice disks you have? __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

08-07-07, 09:40 PM	#5
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	I've plowed through the channel once and only once and it was by sheer luck that none of the allied ships noticed me. This was with GWX too. We made it all the way to our patrol area only to be sent to the bottom by a convoy escort that day. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

08-08-07, 12:02 AM	#7
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	They have more fuel that a large tanker! Set them alight and they leave a burning trail behind them! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-08-07, 04:54 AM	#8
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	They make great target practice by sharpening up your deck/AA guns skill. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-08-07, 12:50 PM	#9
KeptinCranky Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,050 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Sure they run out of fuel, the question is, will they do so before you run out of air Also going through der Kanal in 39 is doable, and if your not in the narrowest shallowest bits, and are harassed by elcos, dive! otherwise I had a great time staying surfaced and dodging half-asleep DDs while staying decks awash. great adrenaline rush concerning Tommy and Pierre coming for you, sure, but when they do you may already have made a significant dent in their merchant marine because those are also all in der Kanal for some reason. just don't waste any battery juice going after schooners doing 9 knots.

08-08-07, 12:54 PM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Go below at silent running and after about 30 (game time ) minutes he'll be on his merry way __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-08-07, 05:47 PM	#11
Foghladh_mhara Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 473 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I lost patience with him, surfaced and blew his ass outta the water. Matrosengefreiter Schmidt seems to have been killed however whilst manning the flak gun. The next tramp steamers for you Johannes __________________ The beauty of not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise without any of the stress that might normally precede such a venture

08-08-07, 06:03 PM	#12
Hakahura Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Posts: 785 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Elco boats? Petrol? Now I think about it... It seens to me the little buggers have got an unlimited supply. __________________ Sir Humphey Appleby, GCB, KBE, MVO and MA. Britain's Greatest Orator, well bar that Churchill fellow.

08-09-07, 11:08 AM	#15
IrischKapitan Ensign Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Waiting for convoys of the coast of Donegal Posts: 227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Has any one happened to hit one with thier 88 or 105, I'd love to see what happens to thoses little buggers when there hit :hmm: __________________ ''Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better'' SAVE U 534!! http://www.atlantik-pirat.com/U-534page.htm