I was thinking about that today. Yes, it's a type 100 schnellboot. It is historically accurate in a few ways, but theres where it ends. The boat rides on four pontoons acting like hydrofoils to support and lift it because if they werent there, the ship would fall straight through the water. The props are constant speed because you cant reverse the transmisions or even go into neutral. You can reverse constant sped props only. How do you reduce the speed of a constant speed prop? You reduce the rpm and the manifold pressure. And therein lies the rub. It's true the engineer had a complete wall of gauges that gave him the data on the engines, and I'm sure rpm and manifold pressure are amongst them, but i've only got a very simple set of gauges in the wheelhouse. So, to slow this boat down, you reduce the throttle AND the rpm. To stop it, you reverse the props.. It mimics a boat very well, and I'll admit, i'm quite proud of my accomplishment, Bit there are so many areas where its operation takes a distinct left turn at Albuquerque it isnt funny.. The panel is definitely not period and I would prefer it in the wheelhouse, but without taking the model apart, thats pretty impossible. still, what i need is an rpm gauge and a manifold pressure gauge.. thats pretty much all I need in the conning tower above the wheelhouse. Speed I dont worry about. The boat can cruise 795 miles round trip ( hmmm, autopilot?? ) I can get around 460 - 530 miles a full speed. Like I said in my PM, full speed right now is 52 knots because FSX keeps lowering the boat down to forty knots, for over a third of the time. the two speeds average out somewhere around 44 knots constant. sill, spending a few hours on flat water is almost as boring as sitting at 40000 feet at night time for a long haul flight. It's the rivers, canals and passages that get exciting. and thats where you nee those gauges..
Anyway, I'm exhausted and talking in circles.. I'm sorry.. I think the gauges are great.. Thank you
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talk soon
Pam
PS.. The S-100 didnt carry a spotlight, and yes, a fw ended up on a river bank here and there.. If anything, there would have been a hand held signal light in the coning tower. The S-10 series hd spotlights and probably the S-15 and 15 as well, but this model didnt have one..
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