S-Boat battery recharge rate

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Originally Posted by Sniper297

Change the eng power from 1200 to 9600 and it depletes the battery 50% over the same time and distance, but takes half the time to recharge. Another test I changed that value from 1200 to 49600.0 and it recharged from 50% in 10 hours. Again near as I can tell that eng power number doesn't affect anything except the recharge time.

This is very interesting.

I thought the eng power affected acceleration. Did you notice if it got up to speed faster?

I seem to remember the farther the submerged range, the longer the recharge time.

I believe this is correct.

Apparently what I thought of as an agile boat because of its small size, the S-class did not have a fast turning time.

Someone posted a quote from a reliable written source to that effect, but it is hard for me to believe they were this bad. They were designed with underwater performance in mind. We should also keep in mind that turning time and turning radius aren't the same thing. It is possible that they were fast, but had a large turning circle (or vice-versa?). I have never seen anything specific with regard to their turning. You would think there would be some data about this.

When I played the S-class in SHCE, I could dodge ashcans very well (as long as the battery held out). In SH4 w/RFB, I don't even try to use these tactics.