Whats the most distant patrol in your type VII? - Page 2

NipplesTheCat · 11-07-06, 07:34 PM

Im just giving you a hard time Ducimus. I know its not practical to take a 7 that far but I am curious to see how far it will go. Im sure ill end up exiting and reloading from the dock to run a real patrol, but like I said, im curious. Like Kiwi said, there are enough convoys close to Britian that I never get far before I am out of torps.

JSalinger · 11-07-06, 07:51 PM

I got sent out somewhere near Greenland once...that had to have been the most boring patrol in VII I've ever had...(probably one of my most boring times ever...got a radio message asking me to intercept a convoy that was off the coast of Brazil lol I told Bernard to get out of the radio room and quit imitating Onkel Karl)...

A bit off topic, but has anyone ever explored what shipping traffic there is up around Northern Russia?

Ducimus · 11-07-06, 08:11 PM

If your out to set a record, Assuming you have the "nasa battery fix" in place, i think you'll get more range out of your boat if you use your diesals as little as possible, and run on your battery as much as possible. It will be a LONG trip, but you should get pretty far.

Subwolf · 11-07-06, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JSalinger

A bit off topic, but has anyone ever explored what shipping traffic there is up around Northern Russia?

Yeah you got the Murmansk convoys, lots of traffic up there. From Bergen and Trondheim (GWX) ports its just a couple of days to reach the lanes. Not been up there in winter time, I hope SH3 doesn't simulate icing. Weather is very bad and it's always dark, but that's your cover

NipplesTheCat · 11-07-06, 08:27 PM

I have been wondering if you use more fuel while charging your batteries. Anyone know?

Ducimus · 11-07-06, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NipplesTheCat

I have been wondering if you use more fuel while charging your batteries. Anyone know?

Ive thought about that often.

It comes down to this:

Fuel conception increases on how many RPM's your engines are doing. Higher RPM's, more fuel consumed.

With that in mind, you have two scenarios:

a.) Running at ahead slow using diesals for 24 hours. I think you do about 100 or 200 RPM's at ahead slow, on each engines.

or

b.)Recharing your batteries at ahead slow for a 4 hour period. While recharging, ONE engine will be at 500 RPM's, the other that is propelling the boat will be at 100 to 200 RPM.

This delimna i answered for myself the hard way. Long story short, a patrol to GR89, i was just short of fuel to make the round trip without a milk cow. By only running the diesals 4 hours a day to recharge batts, i had enough fuel to make the trip. IF i had cruised on the surface the entire time, i wouldn't have had the fuel.

NipplesTheCat · 11-07-06, 09:29 PM

Ive never felt comfortable running on my batteries. I wasnt sure if I was burning more fuel that way or not. Im going to run into some real problem in another year or two when the air traffic increases.

11-07-06, 07:51 PM	#17
JSalinger Sparky Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Spokane, WA, USA Posts: 156 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I got sent out somewhere near Greenland once...that had to have been the most boring patrol in VII I've ever had...(probably one of my most boring times ever...got a radio message asking me to intercept a convoy that was off the coast of Brazil lol I told Bernard to get out of the radio room and quit imitating Onkel Karl)... A bit off topic, but has anyone ever explored what shipping traffic there is up around Northern Russia? __________________ J. Salinger King of the House

11-07-06, 07:34 PM	#16
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Im just giving you a hard time Ducimus. I know its not practical to take a 7 that far but I am curious to see how far it will go. Im sure ill end up exiting and reloading from the dock to run a real patrol, but like I said, im curious. Like Kiwi said, there are enough convoys close to Britian that I never get far before I am out of torps.

11-07-06, 08:11 PM	#18
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	If your out to set a record, Assuming you have the "nasa battery fix" in place, i think you'll get more range out of your boat if you use your diesals as little as possible, and run on your battery as much as possible. It will be a LONG trip, but you should get pretty far.

11-07-06, 08:27 PM	#20
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I have been wondering if you use more fuel while charging your batteries. Anyone know?

11-07-06, 09:29 PM	#22
NipplesTheCat 中国水兵 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 281 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Ive never felt comfortable running on my batteries. I wasnt sure if I was burning more fuel that way or not. Im going to run into some real problem in another year or two when the air traffic increases.