I was allowed per our rules to have a watertight compartment in the fore of the ship. The bulkhead is right in front of the forward gun. This is why my bow is down so quickly and the rest of the ship seems fine. The forward gun was not working and disabled so it wouldn't leak for this battle, so I only had my torps which became useless every time the Haguro listed. I could then shoot birds and fish.
Oddly my pump was not working but the way the ship listed most of the damage was then above water leaving the rest of the ship mostly watertight. I didn't really feel it was ok to bring it in and reload when it was still loaded. The steering was sort of like a motorcycle with a list like that. I could turn one way great but only slightly the other way. In the next season I worked on good reliable pumps and eliminating the list. Still working on getting rid of that list.
As forever as it seems in the video, it was an eternity at the controller. All I could do was evade and hope that somehow the battle would change or my opponent would sink. Even if I lined up the perfect shot there was no way to get an actual angle on his ship so I was essentially without a weapon and ramming wasn't legal in that battle.
@soixe1997 cabbievonbump is correct. Most cannons automatically reload via gravity, but "torpedo" cannons are manually muzzle-loaded and recharged on shore.
@mom352 The Iowa was the unfortunate recipient of several point-blank broadsides from its erstwhile ally, HMS Rodney, which sent it to the bottom in record time. It seems somebody forgot that the Last Man Standing battle is a free-for-all.
@royalpain88 By that point, I'm not sure he had much choice. His rudder was almost parallel to the water's surface, and would have had very little effect, if any. Of course, if it had been ME driving... :D
@DantehMan It's the same reason that torpedoes are so deadly to full-size ships: water hammer. The act of firing the submerged cannon, and all the water that has flooded it, slams a shockwave of water into the target in addition to the ball bearing impacts, making it more likely to tear away a large chunk of balsa instead of making individual holes.
I was allowed per our rules to have a watertight compartment in the fore of the ship. The bulkhead is right in front of the forward gun. This is why my bow is down so quickly and the rest of the ship seems fine. The forward gun was not working and disabled so it wouldn't leak for this battle, so I only had my torps which became useless every time the Haguro listed. I could then shoot birds and fish.
gandalfretlaw 2 months ago
Oddly my pump was not working but the way the ship listed most of the damage was then above water leaving the rest of the ship mostly watertight. I didn't really feel it was ok to bring it in and reload when it was still loaded. The steering was sort of like a motorcycle with a list like that. I could turn one way great but only slightly the other way. In the next season I worked on good reliable pumps and eliminating the list. Still working on getting rid of that list.
gandalfretlaw 2 months ago
As forever as it seems in the video, it was an eternity at the controller. All I could do was evade and hope that somehow the battle would change or my opponent would sink. Even if I lined up the perfect shot there was no way to get an actual angle on his ship so I was essentially without a weapon and ramming wasn't legal in that battle.
gandalfretlaw 2 months ago
how do you reload, do you just bring them to shore and muzzle load?
soixe1997 5 months ago
@soixe1997 The cannons in the turrets have gravity fed magazines, but the torpedo tubes are muzzle loaded.
cabbievonbump 4 months ago
@soixe1997 cabbievonbump is correct. Most cannons automatically reload via gravity, but "torpedo" cannons are manually muzzle-loaded and recharged on shore.
kotori87 4 months ago
@kotori87 thanks, that really makes a lot more sense
soixe1997 4 months ago
You xhould so have a video of a ship to sub battle
jcsv12345 5 months ago
how did the iowa not win!
mom352 8 months ago
@mom352 The Iowa was the unfortunate recipient of several point-blank broadsides from its erstwhile ally, HMS Rodney, which sent it to the bottom in record time. It seems somebody forgot that the Last Man Standing battle is a free-for-all.
kotori87 7 months ago
Wow that was the best sink ever!
16FEET 9 months ago
Is the helmsman a NASCAR fan? I mean those wide left turns when a right turn would of saved the ship.
royalpain88 9 months ago
@royalpain88 By that point, I'm not sure he had much choice. His rudder was almost parallel to the water's surface, and would have had very little effect, if any. Of course, if it had been ME driving... :D
kotori87 9 months ago
I've been wondering when you'd have another video up Kotori! Must have seemed even more cooler in person when this happend.
o3941 9 months ago
Why would the guns being underwater make the shot more powerful?
DantehMan 9 months ago
@DantehMan It's the same reason that torpedoes are so deadly to full-size ships: water hammer. The act of firing the submerged cannon, and all the water that has flooded it, slams a shockwave of water into the target in addition to the ball bearing impacts, making it more likely to tear away a large chunk of balsa instead of making individual holes.
kotori87 9 months ago
@kotori87 Cool! That sure took a hell of a long time to sink.
DantehMan 9 months ago
sweet nice video man
Johnny1782 9 months ago