Maximum Depth?

[Hylander_1314]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I was not aware of that. Glad to find there is one. Thanks for the heads-up.

No trouble, although, it is not as variable as the SH3 mods, you can go way passed the red line on the depth gauge "test depth" marking like the real boats did. What is the maximum? Well, lets just say, if you do find out the crush depth of your boat, you won't be returning to tell others just how deep you could go.

I don't like doing it, but I have had a balao class boat to the 700ft mark once, and was able to surface again. Quite the nailbiter in the meantime though! I had 7 DDs trying to ruin my day. But that's what I get for being over-confident on attacking a task force and there was a convoy only a couple miles beyond it. So when I tried to dive under the taskforce to use the ships as a screen, and came out the other side, I was suprized with one of those (OH H-E DOUBLE HOCKEY STCKS!) moments.

The only thing about diving down to 600+ feet, you have to increase speed to maintain depth. So keep your speed to 3 knots minimum at those greater depths. The one time I went to the 700ft mark I think I had to maintain 5 knots and getting back up again took some effort.