SH5 Atmosphere?

Dani · 01-21-10, 01:46 PM

16km? 20km? More?
It isn't 8 km ,right?

Sentinel VI · 01-21-10, 01:59 PM

Realistically, a Type VII u boat only had a visual range of about 6.6 nm, or 12.2 km.
Obviously, the advent of marine radars greatly increased detection range to over the horizon.

Kapitanleutnant · 01-21-10, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Sentinel VI

Realistically, a Type VII u boat only had a visual range of about 6.6 nm, or 12.2 km.
Obviously, the advent of marine radars greatly increased detection range to over the horizon.

That's the distance to the horizon, isn't it?
Lookouts could often spot a ship beyond the horizon by masts or smoke plumes. I've heard that spotting ships at ranges up to 15-20km were not outside the realm of possiblity by looking for these things.

Jimbuna · 01-21-10, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Kapitanleutnant

That's the distance to the horizon, isn't it?
Lookouts could often spot a ship beyond the horizon by masts or smoke plumes. I've heard that spotting ships at ranges up to 15-20km were not outside the realm of possiblity by looking for these things.

Yes, in good weather conditions I believe those distances were achievable and even greater via hydrophone (sound not visual that is)

Sentinel VI · 01-22-10, 10:44 AM

It all has to do with height of eye. The numbers I posted were representative of the distance to spot an object at sea level. You can spot masts / smoke well beyond that.
If you were, for example, looking from a Type VII to a ship with a 120' mast, a good lookout could spot the mast at 12.8 nm. You probably wouldn't see the hull until about 7 nm or so.
That is why in historical accounts, the smoke was always the first indicator of a contact: it had the highest "height of eye"

Dani · 01-22-10, 11:51 AM

Ok, thats science,but what can we expect from the game?
In SH3 vanila it was 8km.

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Dani Helmsman Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 103 Downloads: 349 Uploads: 0	SH5 Atmosphere? 16km? 20km? More? It isn't 8 km ,right?

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01-21-10, 01:59 PM	#2
Sentinel VI Nub Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Realistically, a Type VII u boat only had a visual range of about 6.6 nm, or 12.2 km. Obviously, the advent of marine radars greatly increased detection range to over the horizon.

01-22-10, 10:44 AM	#5
Sentinel VI Nub Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It all has to do with height of eye. The numbers I posted were representative of the distance to spot an object at sea level. You can spot masts / smoke well beyond that. If you were, for example, looking from a Type VII to a ship with a 120' mast, a good lookout could spot the mast at 12.8 nm. You probably wouldn't see the hull until about 7 nm or so. That is why in historical accounts, the smoke was always the first indicator of a contact: it had the highest "height of eye"

01-22-10, 11:51 AM	#6
Dani Helmsman Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 103 Downloads: 349 Uploads: 0	Ok, thats science,but what can we expect from the game? In SH3 vanila it was 8km.