Slow to submerge...

[3Jane]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

OHHHH

this is making some sense now - i had sabotage and mal****tions checked and the boat wouldne go to flank when selected... i would order flank speed and it would drop to ahead slow no matter what i would do.

is this a malfunction that sh3 commander simulates??

I had exactly the same malfunction happen to me in my IXB, only this was just as I was aproaching Calais outbound from Willhelmshaven on the surface running through the narrowest part of the channel. When I ordered 'crash dive', the boat would go down to 3 Kts . Due to faulty hard drives in the past I have had to restart my career at least three times in a VIIb, as I remember one malfunction which was always there first time out was some water in one of the forward compartments which wouldn't pump out. It made attacking at periscope depth at silent running speed impossible. Anything under full ahead and the boat would go down too low. As I use the free view, I finaly, after a long while noticed that one of the port side torpedo tube outer doors and bow cap was jammmed open. Don't know if this is the trim problem you mentioned. As it's a new career it sounds like it might be.