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Front Diving Planes
Posted by: Derek ()
Date: June 06, 2001 03:48PM

US Fleet boats had the front planes fairly high up on the hull. They were rigged up on the surface and rigged out for diving.

U-Boats had the planes low, and as far as I know, always rigged out. (Were they always rigged out?)

Seems to me the U-Boat set-up is much superior:
1. The planes’ effects would happen earlier in the dive.
2. Less mechanical complexity (rigging in, rigging out mechanism)
3. One less procedure to do during a dive.
4. Less beating from the sea

The only possible drawback I can imagine on the U-Boat system is with them always rigged out, was there ever a time in the worst of storms when their structures would be tested by coming out of the water and down again? Were the planes always submerged, even in the worst gales?

Any ideas for the reasons between the US and German design differences?

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Subject Written By Posted
Front Diving Planes Derek 06/06/2001 03:48PM
RE: Front Diving Planes Rainer Bruns 06/06/2001 04:08PM
RE: Front Diving Planes Steve Cooper 06/06/2001 05:17PM
RE: Front Diving Planes joe brandt 06/09/2001 12:33AM
RE: Front Diving Planes Derek 06/07/2001 07:05PM
RE: Front Diving Planes Tom Iwanski 06/11/2001 02:10PM
RE: Front Diving Planes Rainer Bruns 06/12/2001 01:06AM
RE: Front Diving Planes Jeffrey LaRue 06/20/2001 04:01PM
RE: Front Diving Planes Rainer Bruns 06/20/2001 05:10PM
RE: Front Diving Planes Jeffrey LaRue 06/21/2001 07:29PM
RE: Front Diving Planes Rainer Bruns 06/21/2001 09:10PM
RE: Front Diving Planes Jerry Pope 06/22/2001 08:13AM


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