Selecting torpedo speeds

Reece · 08-25-08, 10:32 AM

Hi, for some reason I can't (manual TDC) change the torpedo speed setting, sometimes it works but 90% not!

I have IXC with electric torpedos installed, date mid 1943. In the past I just never bothered but sure would be good with fast moving dd's to be able to change the speed, does anyone know what gives!

GoldenRivet · 08-25-08, 10:47 AM

electric torpedoes come in one variety.

slow.

to select a faster speed you must be using one of the old air/steam torpedoes

Reece · 08-25-08, 08:33 PM

Well I'll be darned, didn't even know that!

So I can have fast torpedoes with bubbles or slow stealth ones!!

Thanks.

GoldenRivet · 08-25-08, 09:09 PM

yes the power source was different for the two... the battery powered torpedoes were just slower by the nature of the design.

bookworm_020 · 08-25-08, 09:58 PM

I use the old stem torpedos for night attacks and down the throat shots on a destroyer comming at me. I shoot when the range is down to 700-600 meters set to magnetic and high speed.

The electric eels are good for day convoy attacks when it pays to be dscreat, untill ships meet your torpedos!

Reece · 08-25-08, 11:51 PM

Why I wanted the high speed is that after calculating the speed of this dd, 26knots, set the TDC, the angle of the slow torpedo was too great & only had electric, by the time I got the scope up & lock it was too late, damn warp speed!!

U-snafu · 08-26-08, 12:35 AM

The only good thing about their warp speed is that if you get lucky enough to get a hit off the bow of one of them--they don't like to slow down either so it's fun to watch them act like a sub as they drive themselves under the waves w/only minor damage at their bow

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Though only have had luck at that speed within 300 to 400 ft.

Reece · 08-26-08, 01:02 AM

Yeh I know what you mean with the ship going down like a sub due to it's own momentum!

I have gotten a few before, when I have had plenty of time to set up, sure looks good, & usually ends with stern sticking up at 90 degrees!

08-25-08, 10:32 AM	#1
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,832 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Selecting torpedo speeds Hi, for some reason I can't (manual TDC) change the torpedo speed setting, sometimes it works but 90% not! I have IXC with electric torpedos installed, date mid 1943. In the past I just never bothered but sure would be good with fast moving dd's to be able to change the speed, does anyone know what gives! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

08-25-08, 10:47 AM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,727 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	electric torpedoes come in one variety. slow. to select a faster speed you must be using one of the old air/steam torpedoes __________________

08-25-08, 08:33 PM	#3
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,832 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Well I'll be darned, didn't even know that! So I can have fast torpedoes with bubbles or slow stealth ones!! Thanks. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

08-25-08, 09:09 PM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,727 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	yes the power source was different for the two... the battery powered torpedoes were just slower by the nature of the design. __________________

08-25-08, 09:58 PM	#5
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I use the old stem torpedos for night attacks and down the throat shots on a destroyer comming at me. I shoot when the range is down to 700-600 meters set to magnetic and high speed. The electric eels are good for day convoy attacks when it pays to be dscreat, untill ships meet your torpedos! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-25-08, 11:51 PM	#6
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,832 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Why I wanted the high speed is that after calculating the speed of this dd, 26knots, set the TDC, the angle of the slow torpedo was too great & only had electric, by the time I got the scope up & lock it was too late, damn warp speed!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

08-26-08, 12:35 AM	#7
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	The only good thing about their warp speed is that if you get lucky enough to get a hit off the bow of one of them--they don't like to slow down either so it's fun to watch them act like a sub as they drive themselves under the waves w/only minor damage at their bow . Though only have had luck at that speed within 300 to 400 ft. __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"...

08-26-08, 01:02 AM	#8
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,832 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Yeh I know what you mean with the ship going down like a sub due to it's own momentum! I have gotten a few before, when I have had plenty of time to set up, sure looks good, & usually ends with stern sticking up at 90 degrees! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*