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Re: Uboats turning radius
Posted by: Don Prince ()
Date: December 27, 2008 03:05AM

Hello Alex,

The U-Boat manual.....

M.Dv. #381 U-Bootskunde f. U-Boot Bauart VII C-1940 Geheim

c) turning circles.
Turning circle diameter
as a function of rudder angle and RPM rate
About water:

Type------Rudderangle--------Surface turning circle 0 in Meters

---------------------------A.K-------G.F.-------H.F.------L.F.--------K.F
--------------------------n=471----n=435----n=340----n=275----n=180--Turns of prop
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------32-Deg----------270-------265------253-------245-------230
----------30--------------295-----------------260-------250
----------25--------------350-----------------310-------290
----------20--------------418-----------------370-------345
----------15--------------530-----------------475-------440
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------32-Deg----------286------280--------270-------265-------253


Below water:

Uboat Type VII C in attack circle with 500 meters radius.

I hope this helps,

Kind regards,
Don_

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