Supply ships

Bilge_Rat · 01-15-13, 10:33 AM

The U.S. Navy did not use supply ships at sea since Fleet Boats were designed with long range in mind.

On the fuel issue, there are game problems, namely:

1. the SH world is flat so many game distances can be as much as 25% farther than in RL;

2. there is a problem with fuel usage, namely ahead standard uses more fuel than in RL and ahead 2/3 uses too little.

Both RFB and TMO try to address this in their own way. Ducimus discusses this in more detail in the TMO manual. As a rule of thumb, I think about heading back to base when I have 35-40% fuel left.

more info here:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=196788&page=2

01-15-13, 10:33 AM	#8
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	The U.S. Navy did not use supply ships at sea since Fleet Boats were designed with long range in mind. On the fuel issue, there are game problems, namely: 1. the SH world is flat so many game distances can be as much as 25% farther than in RL; 2. there is a problem with fuel usage, namely ahead standard uses more fuel than in RL and ahead 2/3 uses too little. Both RFB and TMO try to address this in their own way. Ducimus discusses this in more detail in the TMO manual. As a rule of thumb, I think about heading back to base when I have 35-40% fuel left. more info here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...=196788&page=2 __________________