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Do you have references for the Submarine story? The submarines I've seen have a rudder, stern plane, and another on the sail. With mechanical controls, I imagin
by swixmix 9y ago
Do you have references for the Submarine story? The submarines I've seen have a rudder, stern plane, and another on the sail. With mechanical controls, I imagine it's difficult to have one person control all three of those movements. Two people controlling three movements seems right.
- maxerickson 9y agoThe Albacore museum has a virtual tour, it shows 2 seats: http://www.ussalbacore.org/html/virtual_tour.html http://www.ussalbacore.org/html/virtual_tour.html http://www.ussalbacore.org/img/img_virtual_tour/32-lg.jpg http://www.ussalbacore.org/img/img_virtual_tour/32-lg.jpg But it was modified several times, so that doesn't really contradict the story.
- Animats 9y agoSee [1], the section on "The Pilot". Albacore was very maneuverable, probably more so than any large sub before or since. The term "hydrobatics" was used. Probably too maneuverable for a ship of that size, since it wasn't configured for operation with everybody strapped in. [1] http://www.ussalbacore.org/html/albacore_story.html http://www.ussalbacore.org/html/albacore_story.html
- swixmix 9y agoIt looks like steering was controlled by one person. Unfortunately it lacks further detail. I saved the link to read later. Thank you.