help rookie skipper under attack!

[Morts]

if you got full HI%

go down to 250-260
better down there

and just because you're in silent running that doesnt mean they cant find you since silent running only stops all noisy activities
but you will still be able to get detected on sonar unless you go deep (doesnt work in late war)

[Phil]

im at full strenth acccept for the watch tower which is orange and the flack gun that is yellow

[Morts]

aight
dive your boat down there
go to around 210-260

[Biggles]

don't forget that silent running is just taking the speed down to 3 kts. lower it to 1 kts. that used to help ME in -41.....but now when it's May -43 for me.....

[Phil]

Originally Posted by Biggles

don't forget that silent running is just taking the speed down to 3 kts. lower it to 1 kts. that used to help ME in -41.....but now when it's May -43 for me.....

how do you lower it to 1 kt?

[Phil]

ah never mind got crushed at 210, should try that earlier next time

[Morts]

there should be a little icon on the side of the speed gauge that allows you to switch to knots and not just the ahead slow and flank stuff

[Corsair]

One important thing for detection is the engines revs. Ideally you don't want more than 100 rpms (gauges in the command room and conning tower) so you switch your engine control dial to speed display and slow down until you get the desired revs. 1 knot is fine. Depending on what game you play at that speed your sub will either maintain depth (stock game) slowly rise (GWX) or slowly sink (NYGM).

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Phil

how do you lower it to 1 kt?

Beside each of the three guages at the bottom right is a little button. Clicking it changes the Compass to a Rudder Guage, the Depth Guage back and forth from shallow (25 meters) to full, and the Engine Telegraph to a 'Knotmeter', which lets you select an exact speed.

[Phil]

Originally Posted by Morts

aight
dive your boat down there
go to around 210-260

nice tactics captain custard lol, just kidding

[Morts]

hey
it aint my problem ur boat got crushed:rotfl:

[Corsair]

To illustrate my previous posts, I had yesterday a close encounter with a Black Swan escorting a merchant in the Med March 42. Beautiful night, calm weather. I had underestimated the speed (was announced by radio as medium and I calculated my intercept a bit too short) So I was a bit far away and thought I could get away by increasing my speed at periscope depth to 1/3 to close up... False move...
Anyway she picked me up. Soon as I saw the searchlight on, I went to dive at slow speed silent running directly towards her so as to stay a short time in her sonar cone. Was pinged for a few seconds of course but as we travelled opposite directions the first DCs went boom behind me. Made my usual 10° rudder turns left and right. By the time she found me again I was around 120m. She always came at me some 30/40 degrees from one side (there the importance of being at the hydrophone station) so just by turning inside her course as soon as I heard the engines revving up for the run (and the bearing staying fixed), the DCs always were aside of me without having to increase speed more than to 1/3. After 45 mns she lost me and as I was moving on opposite heading to the merchant, she had to go back to her escort duties. I still believe silent escape works. Just stick your ears behind the hydrophone and don't panic. Of course I admit it's a little more tricky when they are 2 or 3 and when they have nothing else to do but chasing you around...