Heavy loaded & unloaded Cargos/Ships.

panthercules · 10-09-06, 09:38 PM

So, did anybody figure out whether this could be made to work in any reasonably acceptable way for convoys?

Even if the setting has to be the same for every ship in any given convoy as seems to be indicated above, making all the "outbound"/empty convoys even 1.5m higher and "inbound"/fully-laden convoys maybe 1.5 or 2m lower would still seem likely to make a discernable difference (3-3.5m swing from empty to full), and maybe the escorts wouldn't sink if they were only that much lower than normal.

Even if this could only be done with single/unescorted ships, there's a fair amount of unescorted tanker traffic (at least in the Drumbeat period) that would be cool to see this effect in action on. This would be so cool if it would work.

KeldorKatarn · 10-10-06, 12:53 AM

Well, for single ships I see no reason why it shouldn't work. He tried it out himself. The only problems seemed to be if it can be made for convoys, but single ships should be no problem at all, except for balancing the amount so the ships don't sink in heavy weather, but he already gave a rule of the thumb on how many meters one should enter there.

10-09-06, 09:38 PM	#1
panthercules The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,336 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	So, did anybody figure out whether this could be made to work in any reasonably acceptable way for convoys? Even if the setting has to be the same for every ship in any given convoy as seems to be indicated above, making all the "outbound"/empty convoys even 1.5m higher and "inbound"/fully-laden convoys maybe 1.5 or 2m lower would still seem likely to make a discernable difference (3-3.5m swing from empty to full), and maybe the escorts wouldn't sink if they were only that much lower than normal. Even if this could only be done with single/unescorted ships, there's a fair amount of unescorted tanker traffic (at least in the Drumbeat period) that would be cool to see this effect in action on. This would be so cool if it would work. __________________

10-10-06, 12:53 AM	#2
KeldorKatarn Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 103 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well, for single ships I see no reason why it shouldn't work. He tried it out himself. The only problems seemed to be if it can be made for convoys, but single ships should be no problem at all, except for balancing the amount so the ships don't sink in heavy weather, but he already gave a rule of the thumb on how many meters one should enter there.