Question submarine range

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by Archer7seven

Ahoy mates.

I'm a fan of cruiser submarines and play mostly with the Donation Narwahl. My base in Brisbane and I stop at Tulagi to refuel, but even then, with an objective that has a roundtrip of about 7K nautical miles, I barely make it back to base.

Most of the time is spend submerged, surfacing only to recharge the batteries and to attack.

The boat is supposed to have a surface range of 10KNM.

m running TOM 2.5 along with the Donation Narwahl, the greatest range indication that I have ever seen was just over 7K NM, with flat seas on slow ahead.

Can this range be adjusted in the coding?

Thank you.

Ahead slow is not the most economical fuel setting usually.Ahead Standard is supposed to be the most fuel efficient speed in TMO. Use the range calculation button under the navigator tools to figure out different ranges at different speeds.Staying submerged most of the day and recharging every night also burns up fuel as it takes extra power from engines to charge batteries and thus burns fuel.

Keep in mind Narwhal class were old and fuel hogs, various factors affected range etc.