Dive time in v1.3 screwy?

[JREX53]

Not all of the water is blown out of the ballast tanks when the sub first surfaces in RL. The subs I was on had a High Pressure blower to blow out the residual water in the ballast tanks. It does take about 20 minutes in RL to get all of the water out of the tanks. So this might have been factored into the game, but I don't know for sure.


edit: That should have said a "Low" Pressure blower, not "High" Pressure Blower.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by JREX53

Not all of the water is blown out of the ballast tanks when the sub first surfaces in RL. The subs I was on had a High Pressure blower to blow out the residual water in the ballast tanks. It does take about 20 minutes in RL to get all of the water out of the tanks. So this might have been factored into the game, but I don't know for sure.

Well keep in mind were talking about real life physics vs a computer 'model'.

My guess is that somewhere there is a set of values for the ballast tanks for the sake of example lets say 0 = empty 100 = full.

When you broach the surface they are probably somewhere around 60 and decreases over time to emulate 'draining'.

Just a guess.

[JREX53]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Well keep in mind were talking about real life physics vs a computer 'model'.

My guess is that somewhere there is a set of values for the ballast tanks for the sake of example lets say 0 = empty 100 = full.

When you broach the surface they are probably somewhere around 60 and decreases over time to emulate 'draining'.

Just a guess.

Isn't that what I said. I know we are talking about a Computer 'model' not real life.