Out of fuel

DavyJonesFootlocker · 08-07-10, 01:05 PM

Well, here I am not too far from base and out of fuel. Am I done for or is there any help I can get to crawl back to base?

Wolfling04 · 08-07-10, 02:47 PM

Got enough battery life to return to base, if so dive just enough to where the batteries kick on and try limping back that way

DavyJonesFootlocker · 08-07-10, 03:03 PM

Batteries at 9% and not going anywhere.

Wolfling04 · 08-07-10, 03:12 PM

Sounds like your S.O.L my friend have you tried radioing for supplies?

DelphiUniverse · 08-07-10, 03:19 PM

When submerged you should run at the lowest power settings (1), it will give you greater range. Power settings 2 will give almost the same range as power setting 1. Power setting 3-5 will all greatly reduce range.

So if you are desperate about range, always use minimum speed ahead.

With standard speed ahead I managed to get some 21 km or so before battery reached 50%. With Slow Speed ahead I managed to get some 61 km before battery reached 50% and at the absolute lowest speed settings I got about 1.4 km extra from power settings 2.

Power settings 1 and 2 will give almost the same range. This test was done with the VCII/41 uboat btw. The ranges is not 100% "correct" as I only remember it grossly.

But it should work as a general rule.

Takeda Shingen · 08-07-10, 03:21 PM

Got to pay attention to fuel conservation. General rule of just about every submarine simulation is that the optimal cruising speed is in the neighborhood of 2/3rds.

DavyJonesFootlocker · 08-07-10, 04:43 PM

Well, with only 9% battery I'll try the slowest speed submerged.

THE_MASK · 08-07-10, 04:57 PM

Before leaving base , plot the full course you will be doing and ask the navigator (range to course end) and (maximum range at current speed) . He is your navigator for a reason , i have never run out of fuel . You might have to alter your waypoints to suit your fuel usage during patrol .

Wolfling04 · 08-07-10, 05:11 PM

Honestly I look at my fuel reading after I get to my patrol grounds, if its say 80% after I arrive to patrol area I know that I have to head back around 25% fuel, but I usually like to have an extra 10% to play with in case I find something on the way back to refuel

Takeda Shingen · 08-07-10, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by sober

Before leaving base , plot the full course you will be doing and ask the navigator (range to course end) and (maximum range at current speed) . He is your navigator for a reason , i have never run out of fuel . You might have to alter your waypoints to suit your fuel usage during patrol .

Absolutely. He's a great resource that's been ingame since SH3.

08-07-10, 01:05 PM	#1
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Out of fuel Well, here I am not too far from base and out of fuel. Am I done for or is there any help I can get to crawl back to base? __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

08-07-10, 02:47 PM	#2
Wolfling04 Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nebraska... Posts: 303 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Got enough battery life to return to base, if so dive just enough to where the batteries kick on and try limping back that way __________________ I'm a gas pumpen, tire and brake changin, fix anything, jet fuel drinken, USAF Crew Chief.

08-07-10, 03:03 PM	#3
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Batteries at 9% and not going anywhere. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

08-07-10, 03:12 PM	#4
Wolfling04 Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nebraska... Posts: 303 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Sounds like your S.O.L my friend have you tried radioing for supplies? __________________ I'm a gas pumpen, tire and brake changin, fix anything, jet fuel drinken, USAF Crew Chief.

08-07-10, 04:43 PM	#7
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	Well, with only 9% battery I'll try the slowest speed submerged. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

08-07-10, 03:19 PM	#5
DelphiUniverse 中国水兵 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Scapa Flow, underneath a ferry Posts: 272 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	When submerged you should run at the lowest power settings (1), it will give you greater range. Power settings 2 will give almost the same range as power setting 1. Power setting 3-5 will all greatly reduce range. So if you are desperate about range, always use minimum speed ahead. With standard speed ahead I managed to get some 21 km or so before battery reached 50%. With Slow Speed ahead I managed to get some 61 km before battery reached 50% and at the absolute lowest speed settings I got about 1.4 km extra from power settings 2. Power settings 1 and 2 will give almost the same range. This test was done with the VCII/41 uboat btw. The ranges is not 100% "correct" as I only remember it grossly. But it should work as a general rule.

08-07-10, 03:21 PM	#6
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Got to pay attention to fuel conservation. General rule of just about every submarine simulation is that the optimal cruising speed is in the neighborhood of 2/3rds.

08-07-10, 04:57 PM	#8
THE_MASK Ace of the deep . Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 9,226 Downloads: 901 Uploads: 73	Before leaving base , plot the full course you will be doing and ask the navigator (range to course end) and (maximum range at current speed) . He is your navigator for a reason , i have never run out of fuel . You might have to alter your waypoints to suit your fuel usage during patrol .

08-07-10, 05:11 PM	#9
Wolfling04 Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nebraska... Posts: 303 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Honestly I look at my fuel reading after I get to my patrol grounds, if its say 80% after I arrive to patrol area I know that I have to head back around 25% fuel, but I usually like to have an extra 10% to play with in case I find something on the way back to refuel __________________ I'm a gas pumpen, tire and brake changin, fix anything, jet fuel drinken, USAF Crew Chief.