Test Dive advice?

04-21-11, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Then read #38, 43, 44 and 45.

So does this mean my explanation was actually somewhat right?? Heck I was just guessing on it really.

Jimbuna · 04-21-11, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

So does this mean my explanation was actually somewhat right?? Heck I was just guessing on it really.

More or less...technology during WWII wasn't advanced enough to easily allow a submersible to 'hover'.

I'm not saying it couldn't be done but simply that it extremely difficult, especially when motionless.

Sailor Steve · 04-21-11, 01:50 PM

And while it might be done it would require running the pumps to maintain trim, which is just as noisy as running the electric motors to move the boat. Purpose defeated.

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04-21-11, 01:50 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	And while it might be done it would require running the pumps to maintain trim, which is just as noisy as running the electric motors to move the boat. Purpose defeated. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo