Endurance voyages - Battery vs Diesel

Stix · 12-23-06, 04:59 AM

Well considering my Carribean hunting grounds thread has been highjacked by range finding juckies i did some maths

Basically i can travel 84nm using batterys for the same amount of fuel as it would cost me to travel 21 nm on diesels.

Quick maths for you.

SUBMERGED

23 hours submerged @ 3kt = 69nm
3 hours recharging @ 5kt = 15nm
Total 84nm for the loss of 3 hours fuel at "Ahead slow"

SURFACED

3 hours crusing @ 7kt = 21nm
Total 21nm for the loss of 3 hours fuel at "Ahead slow"

Doing this increases range by 75% in my book, did i go wrong somewhere?

Stix

EDIT, This is in GWX.

12-23-06, 04:59 AM	#1
Stix Mate Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Posts: 54 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Endurance voyages - Battery vs Diesel Well considering my Carribean hunting grounds thread has been highjacked by range finding juckies i did some maths Basically i can travel 84nm using batterys for the same amount of fuel as it would cost me to travel 21 nm on diesels. Quick maths for you. SUBMERGED 23 hours submerged @ 3kt = 69nm 3 hours recharging @ 5kt = 15nm Total 84nm for the loss of 3 hours fuel at "Ahead slow" SURFACED 3 hours crusing @ 7kt = 21nm Total 21nm for the loss of 3 hours fuel at "Ahead slow" Doing this increases range by 75% in my book, did i go wrong somewhere? Stix EDIT, This is in GWX. Last edited by Stix; 12-23-06 at 05:13 AM.