I just got killed but no idea how

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Yes... but seriously, in TMO, you can be "seen" down relatively deep on a clear, calm day - but it's only supposed to be if they fly directly over your location. Once you are spotted though, it's rather easy to tell where you're going to be. You going in a set direction, at a set speed, and most likely won't change that very much in the time it takes a plane to turn and come back, or tell his buddies. So, at 3 knots or less, going North, in the ten minutes that passed, the plane probably had a really good fix on your location. Like they say about horse shoes and hand grenades, you only have to be sort-of close with a depth charge drop...

This is something I'd like to restore in the RSRD version for TMO in later war.Simulate MAD and give planes weapons capable of reaching deeper than only 165 feet. Currently reading "Take Her Deep" again about the Halibut. While have not reached the part concerning "the" attack in November 1944 that left Halibut damaged so terribly it was decided not to repair her, I recall the planes were bombing Halibut at depths greater
than 165.

Planes in RSRD are not much of a threat usually.