Is it possible to sail through the Panama Canal during the time they are neutral

Jimbuna · 09-05-10, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by U777

Are the locks modeled? GWX manual just mentioned a dam but not the locks.

There are no locks modelled in either Suez or Panama.

Gerald · 09-05-10, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

There are no locks modelled in either Suez or Panama.

where there is even if they are neutral,

Jimbuna · 09-05-10, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

where there is even if they are neutral,

Yes, there are a/s nets but no 'locks' like those in some of the French ports.

Gerald · 09-05-10, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Yes, there are a/s nets but no 'locks' like those in some of the French ports.

the a/s nets are they in vater level,so you can pass surface or are they a bit under,

Tessa · 09-05-10, 07:22 PM

To try and model the locks on the Panama canal would be murder, there's tons of em. Then you'd have to wait for the next lock to either rise or lower to the appropriate height so that you could go through, not something that you can do quickly. If you were trying to sneak in under a ship it would have to be one with a really shallow draft otherwise would risk getting crushed on the locks that lower the water level.

Awhile back someone asked the same question and response was as I mentioned before (about the Panama canal being open until US enters war), albeit that was either 2.0 or 2.1? Noticed in 3.0 that there seem to be a lot more subnets than I remember in 2.1.

Panama canal is wide enough for a supertanker, compared to a submarine its like a lifeboat in size comparison. Any sized u-boat would easily fit through the canal. Prior to the outbreak of war the US wouldn't have had any legal reason to keep German ships from using it, once the war started and the US finally embargoed Germany; while the US was neutral it would've stopped any German ships from entering.

Gerald · 09-06-10, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Tessa

To try and model the locks on the Panama canal would be murder, there's tons of em. Then you'd have to wait for the next lock to either rise or lower to the appropriate height so that you could go through, not something that you can do quickly. If you were trying to sneak in under a ship it would have to be one with a really shallow draft otherwise would risk getting crushed on the locks that lower the water level.

Awhile back someone asked the same question and response was as I mentioned before (about the Panama canal being open until US enters war), albeit that was either 2.0 or 2.1? Noticed in 3.0 that there seem to be a lot more subnets than I remember in 2.1.

Panama canal is wide enough for a supertanker, compared to a submarine its like a lifeboat in size comparison. Any sized u-boat would easily fit through the canal. Prior to the outbreak of war the US wouldn't have had any legal reason to keep German ships from using it, once the war started and the US finally embargoed Germany; while the US was neutral it would've stopped any German ships from entering.

views are the locks, but as Mr.Jim says, there are no locks, there is only one way to find out,thanks for your basic information!

09-06-10, 07:20 AM

Personaly, I've no intention of getting close enough to learn first hand.
So I'll just keep on reading here.

09-05-10, 07:22 PM	#5
Tessa Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CG 96 Posts: 861 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	To try and model the locks on the Panama canal would be murder, there's tons of em. Then you'd have to wait for the next lock to either rise or lower to the appropriate height so that you could go through, not something that you can do quickly. If you were trying to sneak in under a ship it would have to be one with a really shallow draft otherwise would risk getting crushed on the locks that lower the water level. Awhile back someone asked the same question and response was as I mentioned before (about the Panama canal being open until US enters war), albeit that was either 2.0 or 2.1? Noticed in 3.0 that there seem to be a lot more subnets than I remember in 2.1. Panama canal is wide enough for a supertanker, compared to a submarine its like a lifeboat in size comparison. Any sized u-boat would easily fit through the canal. Prior to the outbreak of war the US wouldn't have had any legal reason to keep German ships from using it, once the war started and the US finally embargoed Germany; while the US was neutral it would've stopped any German ships from entering.

09-06-10, 07:20 AM	#7
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Personaly, I've no intention of getting close enough to learn first hand. So I'll just keep on reading here.