Aircraft evasion

TorpX · 03-22-15, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longknife

I have altered tactics & am now remaining submerged during the day & patrolling at night. While this may be historically accurate it is less than gratifying.

Why is it less than gratifying? When we say to patrol submerged, we mean at periscope depth, not 200 ft. Targets can still be approached and attacked.

In any case, when attack is imminent, crash dive, and keep the rudder straight. Getting deep is your priority, and using the rudder can only hinder you in this. Once you are at depth, you can twist and turn to your hearts content. At best, this only helps avoid follow-up attacks.

Be cautious as to surfacing.

IMO, if you find you must crash dive frequently for this reason, you should be patrolling submerged, instead.

merc4ulfate · 03-22-15, 10:46 PM

I always patrol surfaced until a plane is spotted then I'll dive.

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HertogJan · 03-23-15, 04:02 AM

Once spotted leave that zone, you'll get more frequent air patrols in that area and do not wan to stick around for them to find you again and get a lucky hit.

Longknife · 03-23-15, 12:58 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions guys!

I should reiterate that I am in a S-Boat & was using plain vanilla SH4 with only TMO added. I didn't time it but from cruising at 2/3rds the command to crash dive until the periscope shears were underwater was at least a full minute if not a little longer.

When I saw merc4ulfate's post & all the mods he uses I decided to duplicate that install & the results are amazing! Same criteria as about & the boat is submerged in just under 30sec with a crash dive. 100ft in 1min 10sec.

The reason for throwing the rudder hard over is because it took me so long to submerge I was trying to make my boat at least a little harder to hit.

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03-22-15, 10:46 PM	#2
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	I always patrol surfaced until a plane is spotted then I'll dive. Generic Mod Enabler - v2.6.0.157 1_TriggerMaru_Overhaul_2-5 1_TMO_25_small_patch RSRDC_TMO_V502 RSRDC_V5xx_Patch1 Improved Ship Physics 2.6_TMO_RSRDC TMO_Visuals_for_RSRDC FJB_Navigation_Maps FJB Color Navigation Map Gyoraitei Hull_Numbers rocks small plants small Ship pack 1 Remove grain effect Webster's Eliminate Floating Plankton for v1.4 and v1.5 More_DDs_for_AITorpedoLauncher More_IJNDDs_AITorpedolauncher Aircraft_reflections 11 New Ships + Yamato AA Fix by Miner1436 #5 Depthcharge Sound #3 Submarines Splash Sound #2 Other Clouds __________________ Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. ~Isaac Asimov~ Mercfulfate 将補日本帝國海軍

03-23-15, 04:02 AM	#3
HertogJan Weps Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 357 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	Once spotted leave that zone, you'll get more frequent air patrols in that area and do not wan to stick around for them to find you again and get a lucky hit.

03-23-15, 12:58 PM	#4
Longknife A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Northern KY Posts: 80 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Thanks for all the suggestions guys! I should reiterate that I am in a S-Boat & was using plain vanilla SH4 with only TMO added. I didn't time it but from cruising at 2/3rds the command to crash dive until the periscope shears were underwater was at least a full minute if not a little longer. When I saw merc4ulfate's post & all the mods he uses I decided to duplicate that install & the results are amazing! Same criteria as about & the boat is submerged in just under 30sec with a crash dive. 100ft in 1min 10sec. The reason for throwing the rudder hard over is because it took me so long to submerge I was trying to make my boat at least a little harder to hit.