Career newbie question

dangchang · 03-23-07, 08:00 PM

So I first start off with a mission that directs me to patrol around the area of Hokkaido. In a Tambor class, I make my pitstop at Midway for some fuel, then I ship off again for a long haul towards Japan. When I get there, my fuel is somewhere at 37%. I do my patrols, and then I decide to head back to base. Halfway back, I start running very low on diesel fuel, so then I start using the method of cruising at persicope depth, then stop, resurface and recharge. Rinse and repeat. The problem with this is that it is extremley tedious and time consuming. Are there any types of methods that would make returning to base less painful? I don't want to stop running my game at 100% realism.

Mentalist · 03-23-07, 08:13 PM

Don't race from Midway to the patrol area at flank speed. You want to be travelling at 2/3rds ideally.

NefariousKoel · 03-23-07, 09:31 PM

Agreed.

Without fine tuning it down to the best speed in knots, 2/3 speed is the most fuel-efficient.

03-23-07, 08:00 PM	#1
dangchang Watch Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 27 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Career newbie question So I first start off with a mission that directs me to patrol around the area of Hokkaido. In a Tambor class, I make my pitstop at Midway for some fuel, then I ship off again for a long haul towards Japan. When I get there, my fuel is somewhere at 37%. I do my patrols, and then I decide to head back to base. Halfway back, I start running very low on diesel fuel, so then I start using the method of cruising at persicope depth, then stop, resurface and recharge. Rinse and repeat. The problem with this is that it is extremley tedious and time consuming. Are there any types of methods that would make returning to base less painful? I don't want to stop running my game at 100% realism.

03-23-07, 09:31 PM	#3
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Agreed. Without fine tuning it down to the best speed in knots, 2/3 speed is the most fuel-efficient. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

03-23-07, 08:13 PM	#2
Mentalist Seaman Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 39 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Don't race from Midway to the patrol area at flank speed. You want to be travelling at 2/3rds ideally.