Some xteen questions (not only GWX)

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-15-07, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by fatty

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Originally Posted by Abd_von_Mumit

5. Is it a bug or a featcher [how should I spell that damn word?!] that when under critical depth and the speed is 2 knts or less, the boat falls down slowly (didn;t notice this when over the critical depth).

Feature. Historically, submarines had difficulty maintaining neutral buoyancy unless they were under speed. If you are standing still it is realistic to begin sinking very very slowly.

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia on submarines

A submerged submarine is in an unstable equilibrium, having a tendency to either fall down to the ocean floor or float up to the surface. Keeping a constant depth requires continual operation of either the depth control tanks or control surfaces.

If you are barely moving, then control surfaces don't do much!

Yes, I understand and that sounds reasonable. BUT my boat doesn't fall down slowly at 2 knts speed IF NOT under critical depth, and that's the clue. I've conducted some carefull testing and it only behaves like that when under 170 metres (type IXB).

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Edit: Also, although I have not played GWX yet, I gather that circle markers are indicative of submarine contacts. You probably encountered a wolfpack!

If that is true, I'll never forgive myself leaving the area... I haven't spotted any of them.

But that would be a good explanation of the escorts behaviour:
- They let me go quite easily, and that was a bit surprising, because two weeks before, when attacking some other convoy they wouldn't stop chasing me for quite a few hours,
- They were so strangely behaving that finally I managed to get close enough to one of them not being spotted and sink it with a few accurate deck gun shots (and this was a second sunk corvette from this convoy, as earlier I accidentaly hit one with my torpedo).

But no u-boots on sight, sir...