acceleration test results

i wanted to post some numbers for my latest ship acceleration times.

im still scratching my head because if i get anywhere close to the real time for the slowest speeds then the upper speeds are way too long and to get the upper speeds right the lower speeds are not as slow as they should be.

basically the game engine wont follow the real life acceleration "curve" properly so its more of a line than a curve.

if you want to see real speed numbers look here for accleration time tests done on the HMS Hood and other ships are shown in the chart too.
http://www.hmshood.com/ship/hoodspecs4.htm


i ran these tests on the battleship kongo from a 1 kt idle speed accelerating up to maximum speed and these are the numbers i got for three different settings i tried:


acceleration test setup #1:

from 1 kts - 5 kts = 42 seconds
from 1 kts - 10 kts = 3 minutes 12 seconds
from 1 kts - 15 kts = 7 minutes 43 seconds
from 1 kts - 20 kts = 15 minutes 15 seconds


acceleration test setup #2:

from 1 kts - 5 kts = 55 seconds
from 1 kts - 10 kts = 4 minutes 15 seconds
from 1 kts - 15 kts = 10 minutes 23 seconds
from 1 kts - 20 kts = 20 minutes 20 seconds


acceleration test setup #3:

from 1 kts - 5 kts = 1 minute 22 seconds
from 1 kts - 10 kts = 6 minute 25 seconds
from 1 kts - 15 kts = 15 minutes 35 seconds
from 1 kts - 20 kts = 30 minutes 30 seconds


actual real times for the revenge class battleship: (closest match to the kongo)

from 1 kts - 5 kts = 3 minutes
from 1 kts - 10 kts = 7 minutes
from 1 kts - 15 kts = 10 minutes
from 1 kts - 20 kts = 20 minutes