What does "Rigging in the bow planes" do?

Blacklight · 01-24-13, 10:10 PM

I was wondering what rigging in the bow planes does and what it's function in game is? Does it make the sub less maneuverable, yet quieter?

SilentPrey · 01-25-13, 07:31 AM

If I remember right, that's one of the steps you're supposed to perform before surfacing through ice.

Sailor Steve · 01-25-13, 01:12 PM

When the sub is surfaced there is no need for the dive planes. I don't know about modern, but WW2-era US subs had bow planes that could be raised into indentations in the hull, which gave a flush surface and much less drag.

Krabb · 01-25-13, 02:43 PM

For modern subs it's for surfacing through ice, as SilentPrey have said and for reducing the friction with the water, thus generating less noise at high speeds. But the last one operates automatically (in DW) AFAIR.

Blacklight · 01-25-13, 06:31 PM

So Dangerous Waters models the sub making less noise at high speed if the bow planes are rigged in? That adds a new strategy element that I've never thought to use.
So, therefore, if I'm trying to rush to a location to catch something, yet still remain stealthy, I should probably pull the planes in?

magicstix · 01-25-13, 07:47 PM

The bow planes are for stability. Pulling them in would theoretically decrease your flow noise, but it'd also mean you're more likely to roll the sub, though I guess in DW they probably don't model that, nor do they likely model the noise reduction of pulling them in, so it wouldn't help your strats. As others have mentioned you would also pull them in before surfacing through ice to keep from snapping them off.

01-24-13, 10:10 PM	#1
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	What does "Rigging in the bow planes" do? I was wondering what rigging in the bow planes does and what it's function in game is? Does it make the sub less maneuverable, yet quieter? __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

01-25-13, 01:12 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	When the sub is surfaced there is no need for the dive planes. I don't know about modern, but WW2-era US subs had bow planes that could be raised into indentations in the hull, which gave a flush surface and much less drag. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-25-13, 06:31 PM	#5
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	So Dangerous Waters models the sub making less noise at high speed if the bow planes are rigged in? That adds a new strategy element that I've never thought to use. So, therefore, if I'm trying to rush to a location to catch something, yet still remain stealthy, I should probably pull the planes in? __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

01-25-13, 07:31 AM	#2
SilentPrey Navy Dude Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 171 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 2	If I remember right, that's one of the steps you're supposed to perform before surfacing through ice.

01-25-13, 02:43 PM	#4
Krabb Navy Dude Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 172 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	For modern subs it's for surfacing through ice, as SilentPrey have said and for reducing the friction with the water, thus generating less noise at high speeds. But the last one operates automatically (in DW) AFAIR.

01-25-13, 07:47 PM	#6
magicstix Captain Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Nuclear submarine under the North Pole Posts: 481 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The bow planes are for stability. Pulling them in would theoretically decrease your flow noise, but it'd also mean you're more likely to roll the sub, though I guess in DW they probably don't model that, nor do they likely model the noise reduction of pulling them in, so it wouldn't help your strats. As others have mentioned you would also pull them in before surfacing through ice to keep from snapping them off.