Wire breaking

XabbaRus · 07-19-05, 03:55 PM

Is wire break modelled?

I have a feeling it might be as I was in a mission when I fire an ADCAP on a target quite far away...pretty soon afterwards I turned sharply after accelerating 15 knots and on a course that was 180 degrees from the course the torp was running on.

Anyway I didn't notice the lost the wire message and only foudnd it when I need to enable the torp.

If I have stumbled on something seen before apologies.

SquidB · 07-19-05, 06:26 PM

Maybe I imagined this, but compared to sc the towed arrays seem to be more resiliant to high speeds.

Im sure they used to break more easily....or did i dream it?

Pigfish · 07-19-05, 06:37 PM

They are definetly tougher then SC.

Check out appendix C in the DW manual, both pages C1 and C2.

XabbaRus · 07-19-05, 06:39 PM

I'm not talking about the TA but the control wire to the ADCAP.

Pigfish · 07-19-05, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

I'm not talking about the TA but the control wire to the ADCAP.

Well it was in SC so looks like in DW too...

Ultraboy · 07-19-05, 09:08 PM

Really...?

I've never had the ADCAP guide-wire break in SC, and it definitely should have a couple of times.

Bellman · 07-19-05, 09:55 PM

Cant recall ever losing the wire on a UUV, in spite of the so called manouvering constraints.

MaHuJa · 07-21-05, 12:10 PM

The only causes of torpedo wires breaking, in both SC and DW, (that I can remember, at least) have been the torpedo ceasing to exist - detonating, running into the bottom and shutting down, max range and shutting down - as well as shutting the tube, of course...

Bill Nichols · 07-21-05, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultraboy

I've never had the ADCAP guide-wire break in SC, and it definitely should have a couple of times.

Ditto.

Ula Jolly · 07-21-05, 02:49 PM

Hmm... try running a Seawolf at forty knots, fire a 45 knotter, turn hard 180 and watch. Will that do some damage?

Pigfish · 07-21-05, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ultraboy

Really...?

I've never had the ADCAP guide-wire break in SC, and it definitely should have a couple of times.

I stand corrected. Thought it was all wires.

Tried breaking a torps wire with DW and couldnt break one.

Ultraboy · 07-21-05, 11:23 PM

I guess I've never specifically TRIED to break it... but I know there's a couple of times I fired rather frantically before, for lack of a better term, freaking out and maneuvering quite erratically to avoid being killed.

Then, after I was dead, I would realize that the guide-wire seemed un-realistically strong.

07-19-05, 03:55 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Wire breaking Is wire break modelled? I have a feeling it might be as I was in a mission when I fire an ADCAP on a target quite far away...pretty soon afterwards I turned sharply after accelerating 15 knots and on a course that was 180 degrees from the course the torp was running on. Anyway I didn't notice the lost the wire message and only foudnd it when I need to enable the torp. If I have stumbled on something seen before apologies. __________________

07-19-05, 06:37 PM	#3
Pigfish Engineer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 207 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They are definetly tougher then SC. Check out appendix C in the DW manual, both pages C1 and C2. __________________

07-19-05, 06:39 PM	#4
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'm not talking about the TA but the control wire to the ADCAP. __________________

07-21-05, 02:49 PM	#10
Ula Jolly Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 567 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmm... try running a Seawolf at forty knots, fire a 45 knotter, turn hard 180 and watch. Will that do some damage? __________________ I shall punish yee, landlubber! C'mere for spankings and popsicles!

07-19-05, 06:26 PM	#2
SquidB Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Lytham UK Posts: 244 Downloads: 169 Uploads: 0	Maybe I imagined this, but compared to sc the towed arrays seem to be more resiliant to high speeds. Im sure they used to break more easily....or did i dream it?

07-19-05, 09:08 PM	#6
Ultraboy Gunner Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Mysterious Canadas Posts: 99 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	Really...? I've never had the ADCAP guide-wire break in SC, and it definitely should have a couple of times.

07-19-05, 09:55 PM	#7
Bellman Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,945 Downloads: 220 Uploads: 0	Cant recall ever losing the wire on a UUV, in spite of the so called manouvering constraints.

07-21-05, 12:10 PM	#8
MaHuJa Sonar Guy Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 59.96156N 11.02255E Posts: 385 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	The only causes of torpedo wires breaking, in both SC and DW, (that I can remember, at least) have been the torpedo ceasing to exist - detonating, running into the bottom and shutting down, max range and shutting down - as well as shutting the tube, of course...

07-21-05, 11:23 PM	#12
Ultraboy Gunner Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Mysterious Canadas Posts: 99 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I guess I've never specifically TRIED to break it... but I know there's a couple of times I fired rather frantically before, for lack of a better term, freaking out and maneuvering quite erratically to avoid being killed. Then, after I was dead, I would realize that the guide-wire seemed un-realistically strong.