A morning with FOST..

[DaveB]

Flag Officer Sea Training.. now there's a title to conjure with!!

Within a couple of hours being onboard Oberon.. his staff have simulated fires, floods, NBC attack, medical emergencies and any number of mechanical failures culminating in a tow and helo transfer!!






Happy days.. NOT!
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[DaveG]

Interesting shots Dave. Nice to see something a bit different.

[DaveB]

Cheers me dears

By their very nature.. submarines aren't particularly interesting on the outside. They're either big, medium or small and black!! I got the opportunity to take a short trip on a Polaris boat many moons ago. It was doing DSRV exercises with the American rescue sub 'Avalon' piggy-backed on the rear. Now that was interesting on the inside!! At around 7,500t.. it was a similar size to a County Class DLG The old 'R' boats had a nice profile too

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[Airspeed]

That isdifferent, Dave.

Now, about that towing....did you just give the two ships a very close AI track, or do you have an actual option to tow?

[DaveB]

Hi Mike

Using AI tracks.. you could probably get away with it although if it had a number of turns.. you're likely to end up with an extended tow. Not sure what would happen on the return either. That was setup using AICarriers
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[Paul K]

Those pictures make me wonder - as P3DV2 has 'bathymetry', can A.I. submarines be made to submerge and surface ?

[DaveB]

Hi Paul..

I would imagine so. Pilotable submarines can dive and surface in FSX though I'm not sure how you'd make an AI sub do the same.
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