Propeller rotation

[MF.Hansen]

Then i have possible made THE most quiet WWII Submarine EVER.. Lol..

Although, if the one who has programmed the GWX mod package has done it, then it must be possible.. The only question is, where the heck is the knob to turn..
Btw. As to my best knowledge, the screws of the sub wouldnt be affected by the subs speed, but more be the slight drag of the water, as they accelerate (in rotation). The only outcome of setting the screws to rotate to fast regarding the subs speed, should be to cavitate some (or a lot). Please correct me if im wrong. After testing with the desired sub speed dial, then the rotation of the screws must somehow be linked to the desired subspeed. But maybe that was what u meant, Bobchase??

Regards
Kaleun Hansen

[emtmedic005]

hey Captain Hansen, my name is also Hansen., where do u come from, prolly from around Norway, not u but ur lastname that is hahahaha, i live up in Boston, wat about u brother?

[bobchase]

Originally Posted by MF.Hansen

Then i have possible made THE most quiet WWII Submarine EVER.. Lol..

Although, if the one who has programmed the GWX mod package has done it, then it must be possible.. The only question is, where the heck is the knob to turn..
Btw. As to my best knowledge, the screws of the sub wouldnt be affected by the subs speed, but more be the slight drag of the water, as they accelerate (in rotation). The only outcome of setting the screws to rotate to fast regarding the subs speed, should be to cavitate some (or a lot). Please correct me if im wrong. After testing with the desired sub speed dial, then the rotation of the screws must somehow be linked to the desired subspeed. But maybe that was what u meant, Bobchase??

Regards
Kaleun Hansen

In the real world, the speed of the screws affects the subs or ships speed but not the other way around. When the control room or bridge calls for more turns, the sub/ship goes faster. If the OOD calls down for flank speed from a dead stop, yes, there is going to be cavitation as the props spin up.

On US Navy ships, the engine order telegraph is just a guide-line. It's mostly there to tell the engine rooms 'Hey, wake up, we are changing our speed'. The propeller turns telegraphs, one port & one starboard, were used to actually tell the engine room how fast we wanted to go.

However, SH3 is not the real world. Changing the RPM values in SH3 Inspector changes your subs max RPM number and that, coupled with which 'gear' you are in, Slow, 1/3rd, standard, full, or flank, sets your boats RPM as far as the games AI is concerned.

If you were to set your RPM to 500 and run your boat at Ahead Slow, you should see about 100 RPM on the control room RPM indicators. But you won't! They will read something else. Now, if you double your boats Max Speed value, leave your RPM value at 500, and cruise again at Ahead Slow, you will see that the indicators have changed. In fact, they are now reading double of what they were reading before but the only thing that has changed is the boats speed thru the water (at the *exact* same RPM as before).

Like I said, we are not in the real world. Simulations, necessarily, take shortcuts to achieve a playable game at a reasonable cost.

If there is a 'knob' to change the visual RPM of a sub to a slower RPM, I haven't found it yet.

Bob Chase