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05-18-21, 02:30 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Near crush depth. Maybe.
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Dive Planes and Optimum Normal Dive
Something I've been experimenting with for a while now is how to dive the boat promptly without performing a crash dive.
Maybe there is something I'm not understanding completely, but let me start with how the boat is configured: * It is broadly set up for neutral bouyancy with the MBT flooded. It will hold depth at zero angle and a level boat. To commence a dive (single crew), I do the following: * Set engines to electric and ahead half * Dive planes down 20 dgrees both fore and aft * Flood the MBT (fore first to get the nose down) The boat seems to stick on the surface a bit longer than anticipated, given the dynamic pitching of the boat. It seems that not until both MBT are flooded will the boat actually start to dive. Am I just being impatient? :P Thanks in advance. |
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