"Hovering" or submerged floating

planecrazydale · 08-29-06, 04:25 PM

hi all,

just thought i would put my 2 cents in on the topic of hovering when submerged. i recently saw a couple of people say it couldn't be done and that in real life the sub would have to have some power on in order to stay at the same depth without sinking.

i found the following excerpt from a WWII trivia site. it is a declassified book re:german submarines and tactics. just thought i would throw this out there so that people don't feel they are being "unrealistic" if they hover for a little bit in sh3.

"43. Can submarines remain stopped when submerged, without lying on the bottom?

A very well trimmed boat may do so for about 5 minutes at a time by juggling with her periscope. For longer periods it is only possible in a few localities where layers of different density. occur in the water, e. g., in the Baltic, Cattegat, and Sea of Marmora, where occasionally a boat may lie submerged almost indefinitely1 with all machinery stopped, resting on a layer of salt water.

1 Two German submarines, sent at outbreak of war to watch the southern exits from the sound and Great Belt, succeeded in thus lying submerged, with their motors stopped most of the time, for about 23 hours out of the 24, on 7 consecutive days."

hope that helps,

dj

08-29-06, 04:25 PM	#1
planecrazydale Gunner Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Calgary, AB, Canada Posts: 99 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	"Hovering" or submerged floating hi all, just thought i would put my 2 cents in on the topic of hovering when submerged. i recently saw a couple of people say it couldn't be done and that in real life the sub would have to have some power on in order to stay at the same depth without sinking. i found the following excerpt from a WWII trivia site. it is a declassified book re:german submarines and tactics. just thought i would throw this out there so that people don't feel they are being "unrealistic" if they hover for a little bit in sh3. "43. Can submarines remain stopped when submerged, without lying on the bottom? A very well trimmed boat may do so for about 5 minutes at a time by juggling with her periscope. For longer periods it is only possible in a few localities where layers of different density. occur in the water, e. g., in the Baltic, Cattegat, and Sea of Marmora, where occasionally a boat may lie submerged almost indefinitely1 with all machinery stopped, resting on a layer of salt water. 1 Two German submarines, sent at outbreak of war to watch the southern exits from the sound and Great Belt, succeeded in thus lying submerged, with their motors stopped most of the time, for about 23 hours out of the 24, on 7 consecutive days." hope that helps, dj