no need to blow tanks?

[codmander]

how come we dont have to blow tanks when surfacing ? at least no compressed air gets used unless you blow em under emergancy than you pop like a ballon to the surface,,, down 200 meters or so the tanks are filled with water and should have to be blown to rise thoughts?:hmm:

[GoldenRivet]

yeah... what he said... and how come no compressed air is used when a torpedo is fired? are torpedoes not pushed out of the tubes by a blast of compressed air?

:hmm:

i think we have been had!!

I wonder if there is a way to mod the surface command and the fire torpedo commands to use up a small bit of compressed air??? or to simulate various components using compressed air - the compressed air will gradually leak down ever so slightly over the course of several hours

[deepboat]

especially when the loo is used!

[BulSoldier]

I think the developers thought of a submarine like a plane.Only the wings (dive planes) control the dive or surfacing.While ballast tanks can be blown for a fast surface.Interesting i never thought of that hole in the game

[froschman]

But I do loose compressed air! During patrol I do dive to about 20 m for listening on the hydrophone. When I surface afterwards I lose some compressed air, and it takes half an hour to reload. When reloaded the crew reports it.

I am running GWX 2.0.

[Brag]

At low speeds or with engines stopped, when you surface you will notice that compressed air been somewhat depleted. Try diving and surfacing in quick succession and you will notice considerable compressed air usage.

[looney]

Yups same here.. when at slow speed it uses more air. Try surfacing from 200m at 0knots

[Subnuts]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

yeah... what he said... and how come no compressed air is used when a torpedo is fired? are torpedoes not pushed out of the tubes by a blast of compressed air? :hmm:

Simple answer: The torpedoes were fired using a different compressed air system than the one that blew the ballast tanks. Maybe.

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Simple answer: The torpedoes were fired using a different compressed air system than the one that blew the ballast tanks. Maybe.

IIRC, there were compressed air tanks located in the forward torpedo room. A large diaphram with the same dimensions as the tube was placed behind the torpedo after it was loaded into the torpedo tube. It was the compressed air pushing on the diaphram which resulted in the torpedo being pushed forward and out of the tube. The diaphram could only travel a certain distance within the tube before it came to a stop. The diaphram was removed from the tube and then another torpedo was loaded and process repeated.

[codmander]

look at the movie das boot gibralta dive to aviod aircraft emergancy blow ((not suppose to dive without cpt)) than a short steam south dive again stuck planes blow tanks than just enough for 1 more blast of course this is a movie and under emergancy so 3 emengancy blows is about it which is about right ingame just the normal surfacing proceedures should be looked into as far as how much air was used --no biggie just some thoughts on this lovely day

[Rwolf]

How about the compressed air used for propelling the torpedos to target?
Would that air be pre-loaded in harbour, or something filled-up onboard?

Originally Posted by codmander

l just the normal surfacing proceedures should be looked into as far as how much air was used

As discussed above in some length, no compressed air was used for normal surfacing.

[Kaleu. Jochen Mohr]

Originally Posted by Subnuts

Simple answer: The torpedoes were fired using a different compressed air system than the one that blew the ballast tanks. Maybe.

bernard ? :hmm: human "gas" ? :hmm:

[NiclDoe]

:rotfl: :rotfl: @Mohr but his gas is deadly.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Kaleu. Jochen Mohr

bernard ? :hmm: human "gas" ? :hmm:

Well don't anybody strike a match :p