When would a u-boat switch to electric?

jwilliams · 06-04-10, 09:04 PM

I've noticed that in SH5 the u-boat switches to electric at around 10 meters. Is this how a u-boat would switch to electics in real life?

I would've thought that the electrics would be engaged before the boat submerged, because the diesels needed air to run.

Sailor Steve · 06-05-10, 01:37 AM

The order to dive is given. The first thing that happens is the diesels are shut down, immediately. The electric motors are engaged before the watch crew gets to the control room.

jwilliams · 06-05-10, 03:20 AM

thx.

So its as i thought.

Electric motors are engaged before the u-boat even begins to dive.

Pablo · 06-05-10, 05:25 AM

Hi!

They would also use electric motors going in and out of the U-boat pens, and alongside the piers. No point smoking out a closed-in bunker or your pierside cheering section.

Pablo

Aufklarer · 06-05-10, 06:28 AM

the forward momentum from the diesels when they are switched off still allows the submarine to dive, while the electric motors are engaged, the whole process took around 20-30 seconds IIRC.

Sailor Steve · 06-05-10, 08:15 AM

That's been an annoying mistake ever since SH2. The diesels don't shut off until the boat is actually submerged. In SH3 the crew disappears from the bridge the instant the dive key is pressed. I'm not sure about the engines because I have that sound turned down fairly low.

06-04-10, 09:04 PM	#1
jwilliams Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,013 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	When would a u-boat switch to electric? I've noticed that in SH5 the u-boat switches to electric at around 10 meters. Is this how a u-boat would switch to electics in real life? I would've thought that the electrics would be engaged before the boat submerged, because the diesels needed air to run. __________________ Windows 7, 64bit. Phenom II 965BE (OC 4cores @ 3.8 Ghz). Radeon HD4870 (1gb gddr5). 6gb Ram.

06-05-10, 01:37 AM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The order to dive is given. The first thing that happens is the diesels are shut down, immediately. The electric motors are engaged before the watch crew gets to the control room. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

06-05-10, 03:20 AM	#3
jwilliams Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,013 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	thx. So its as i thought. Electric motors are engaged before the u-boat even begins to dive. __________________ Windows 7, 64bit. Phenom II 965BE (OC 4cores @ 3.8 Ghz). Radeon HD4870 (1gb gddr5). 6gb Ram.

06-05-10, 05:25 AM	#4
Pablo Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Hi! They would also use electric motors going in and out of the U-boat pens, and alongside the piers. No point smoking out a closed-in bunker or your pierside cheering section. Pablo __________________ "...far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt, speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899

06-05-10, 06:28 AM	#5
Aufklarer A-ganger Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 76 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	the forward momentum from the diesels when they are switched off still allows the submarine to dive, while the electric motors are engaged, the whole process took around 20-30 seconds IIRC. __________________ "In the crushing depths of the ocean, lies safety"

06-05-10, 08:15 AM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That's been an annoying mistake ever since SH2. The diesels don't shut off until the boat is actually submerged. In SH3 the crew disappears from the bridge the instant the dive key is pressed. I'm not sure about the engines because I have that sound turned down fairly low. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo