Maybe a silly question...

[greekfire]

Originally Posted by Quillan

My typical patrol to the East China Sea goes like this: leave Pearl, run at Ahead Full to Midway. This uses up about 20-25% of the fuel. Refit to get a full tank of diesel. Head west at ahead 1/3. Once you get a few days west of Midway, start spending the days underwater and nights on the surface, all at ahead 1/3. Arrive on station with 74% diesel remaining. Hunt using fuel as needed until fuel reaches 50% or torpedoes run out, then return to Midway by the same method. Refit and return to Pearl to end the patrol.

these are great ideas. I keep running out of fuel on my patrols ever since I decided that 100% realism was the "Real Man's" way to play