What speen do you run at in hunting mode

Jimbuna · 11-29-11, 12:00 PM

Whilst cruising I'm at 1/3 ahead.

Tests indicate that the spawn rate of planes at tc greater than x128 drops and those that do spawn are often on top of you before you can react.

Osmium Steele · 11-29-11, 12:08 PM

Depends on circumstances. Usually ahead 1/3. I am not a big fan of wasting fuel.

Pisces · 11-29-11, 12:09 PM

If I'm patrolling then I'm using the most efficient speed for a Type-7 boat: 8 knots. If I am trying to get ahead of a single target or convoy then I go at full or flankspeed. (depends if I need that extra knot) Once I have arrived wel in front of them I lie await coasting, deadstop or very low speed. As soon as the targets are shot at I dive deep with haste (only with escorts around), not worrying so much about noise until I am at a safe depth.

prowler3 · 12-04-11, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Pisces

If I'm patrolling then I'm using the most efficient speed for a Type-7 boat: 8 knots. If I am trying to get ahead of a single target or convoy then I go at full or flankspeed. (depends if I need that extra knot) Once I have arrived wel in front of them I lie await coasting, deadstop or very low speed. As soon as the targets are shot at I dive deep with haste (only with escorts around), not worrying so much about noise until I am at a safe depth.

What Pisces said...8 knots in a type VII gets you the longest range per litre of fuel. For other boats I would experiment with speeds and see what the Navigator tells you for "Range at current speed?".

Jimbuna · 12-04-11, 02:55 PM

The VII and IX are more or less the same.

1480 · 11-30-11, 04:12 PM

Go fast and take chances!

128TC, 8 knots cruising. Speed that bad boy up when you get a report of a merchant after you have approximated its course and guessed at her speed then red-line the rpm gauge, to get ahead of her.

11-29-11, 12:00 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Whilst cruising I'm at 1/3 ahead. Tests indicate that the spawn rate of planes at tc greater than x128 drops and those that do spawn are often on top of you before you can react. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-29-11, 12:08 PM	#2
Osmium Steele Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Upper midwest USA Posts: 1,101 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Depends on circumstances. Usually ahead 1/3. I am not a big fan of wasting fuel. __________________ In the month of July of the year 1348, between the feasts of St. Benedict and of St. Swithin, a strange thing came upon England... My U297 build thread

11-29-11, 12:09 PM	#3
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	If I'm patrolling then I'm using the most efficient speed for a Type-7 boat: 8 knots. If I am trying to get ahead of a single target or convoy then I go at full or flankspeed. (depends if I need that extra knot) Once I have arrived wel in front of them I lie await coasting, deadstop or very low speed. As soon as the targets are shot at I dive deep with haste (only with escorts around), not worrying so much about noise until I am at a safe depth. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads

12-04-11, 02:55 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The VII and IX are more or less the same. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-30-11, 04:12 PM	#6
1480 Lead Slinger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chitcago, Illinoise Posts: 1,442 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	Go fast and take chances! 128TC, 8 knots cruising. Speed that bad boy up when you get a report of a merchant after you have approximated its course and guessed at her speed then red-line the rpm gauge, to get ahead of her. __________________

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