An awesome escape and then...

Fish In The Water · 03-28-11, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by maillemaker

I give the order to surface, I can hear the water sloshing around the conning tower, and then...

Crash to desktop.

Okay that just hurts. I can feel your pain all the way over here...

It's like Murphy's Law in digital: If anything can go wrong it will, and at the worst possible time!

Gerald · 03-28-11, 11:17 AM

Until next time, I would have at least one Falke in the bow, so you can cover yourself up a bit more....if you can afford what it costs

Sailor Steve · 03-28-11, 12:46 PM

Bad luck that. I hate CTDs, but then so does everybody else.

One realism problem, though: Changing depth with the motors off was diffictult at best in real life, and would require using the pumps, which made just as much noise as the motors.

maillemaker · 03-28-11, 01:42 PM

I wasn't changing depth with no motors for noise sake - I just didn't want to come out from under that crippled destroyer!

Gerald · 03-28-11, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by maillemaker

I wasn't changing depth with no motors for noise sake - I just didn't want to come out from under that crippled destroyer!

As Steve mentioned above, the CTD is no welcome guest with us all, yes in that situation you want to get there from the best possible way, and because you could not dive deeper, there are not too many opportunities to escape, but you might and that was the main thing, unfortunately, you got a CTD in the wrong mode, btw did you have a saved position before the convoy came up?

maillemaker · 03-28-11, 02:41 PM

I'm not sure if I saved before that convoy or not.

But I'm mostly annoyed about having my close call and surviving and losing it!

Gerald · 03-28-11, 02:45 PM

Maybe you can back the tape and start again, with a different focus

03-28-11, 11:17 AM	#2
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Until next time, I would have at least one Falke in the bow, so you can cover yourself up a bit more....if you can afford what it costs __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

03-28-11, 12:46 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Bad luck that. I hate CTDs, but then so does everybody else. One realism problem, though: Changing depth with the motors off was diffictult at best in real life, and would require using the pumps, which made just as much noise as the motors. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-28-11, 02:45 PM	#7
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Maybe you can back the tape and start again, with a different focus __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

03-28-11, 01:42 PM	#4
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	I wasn't changing depth with no motors for noise sake - I just didn't want to come out from under that crippled destroyer!

03-28-11, 02:41 PM	#6
maillemaker Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,639 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure if I saved before that convoy or not. But I'm mostly annoyed about having my close call and surviving and losing it!