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Title: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Mark Sarsfield on March 25, 2008, 11:37:12 AM

Tom,

  Do you have a close-up picture of your engine telegraph?  Someone on the subsim forum wants to take a crack at reproducing its look for the Silent Hunter 4 PC game.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Tom Bowser on March 25, 2008, 06:58:01 PM

I don't have one today, will try to get it tomarrow.
Tom

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Mark Sarsfield on March 26, 2008, 10:07:53 AM

Thanks.

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Lance Dean on March 26, 2008, 07:25:28 PM

Quote from: Mark Sarsfield on March 25, 2008, 11:37:12 AM

Tom,

  Do you have a close-up picture of your engine telegraph?  Someone on the subsim forum wants to take a crack at reproducing its look for the Silent Hunter 4 PC game.  Thanks.

I was wondering, were you directing this to Tom McNulty (K0EFV) of the Cobia, or Tom Bowser (Drumvol) of the Drum?

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Mark Sarsfield on March 26, 2008, 08:07:48 PM

Tom (K0EFV), since he posted a bunch of pics of the Cobia before.  I thought maybe he had a helm picture that I could crop and zoom in on the telegraph.

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Tom Bowser on March 26, 2008, 08:09:46 PM

Doesn't mater, here its from the Drum.
Tom Bowser

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Mark Sarsfield on March 26, 2008, 08:11:17 PM

Thanks for the pic, Tom.  I'm looking for one of the newer telegraphs with the red lense over it.  Batfish has them and I thought maybe Cobia did, too.

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Fred Tannenbaum on March 26, 2008, 08:11:42 PM

Engine order telegraphs are definitely fun to operate when powered up!

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Mark Sarsfield on March 26, 2008, 08:12:50 PM

Can't wait to get ours running, again.  I notced that each of them have the alarm bell.

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: K0EFV on March 27, 2008, 03:30:45 PM

Mark:
I'm sorry I didn't know you were asking me.  First remember I am good at digging foxholes, firing flame throwers operating airborne radar etc.  Unfortunately I am not Sub Qualified yet. I can dig back in several hundred photos and see if I have one, if not I will take a closeup next trip up.  With this said I need the exact location of the telegraph so I won't have to wander around looking for it.  If you already have the pix you wanted let me know.  PS I am always asked if I know how to take a picture without FLASH.  Yes I do if my memory will remind me to turn it off.
K0EFV Tom USMC

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Mark Sarsfield on March 27, 2008, 03:43:18 PM

Telegraphs are in three locations:  conning tower helm (main helm), control room helm (aux. helm), and the maneuvering room control board/cubical.  See the other Tom's picture above, if you are still not sure what I'm referring to.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: K0EFV on March 28, 2008, 01:55:25 PM

Mark:
I am not a Gamer and I forgot all about this.  Thought it might interest you.  I was in the room only once and didn't pay any attention to the Cobia's Sub Sim, but it seems to be always crowded in there with people.   I am still looking for the telegraph.  I wonder what's in the game roomfor telegraph? 
K0EFV Tom USMC   

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: K0EFV on March 28, 2008, 02:29:26 PM

I forgot to resize the attachment for Sub Sim

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Fred Tannenbaum on March 28, 2008, 03:40:50 PM

Of course, at each of the three locations for the telegraphs, there are two telegraphs, one for each shaft.

Title: Make that MOTOR ORDER TELEGRAPH, please!
Post by: Paul Farace on April 04, 2008, 01:55:38 AM

Got my ass chewed by a not-so friendly subvet on one occasion for using the term Engine order telegraph... He being a maneuvering watch stander knew them to be Motor Order Telegraphs... and the one pictured is a Portsmouth version. The EB boats had square sided boxes. Not sure if all had red lenses though.

Paul
 :crazy2:

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Mark Sarsfield on April 04, 2008, 04:41:00 PM

I'll have to get a picture of one the next time that I am down at the Batfish.  It was just one less thing for me to do, if one of you had a picture of an EB version with a red lense.

Title: MOTOR ORDER TELEGRAPH, EB Style!
Post by: Paul Farace on April 04, 2008, 08:26:44 PM

I have to think we have photos of our on our website:  www.usscod.org  and look in the CT, CR, and MR.

PF
 :coolsmiley:

Title: Re: Picture of Engine Telegraph?
Post by: Mark Sarsfield on April 04, 2008, 11:48:48 PM

The telegraphs in Cod's CT are definitely the same type as the Batfish's.  Pictures were too far away, though, to get a nice close-up view.

Btw, I am really impressed with Cod's interior.  It's amazing at how much equipment is still in her and how nice of shape she's still in.  Your CT, especially, is very nice.  Everything is still there.  No empty wall or ceiling mounts.  No dangling, bare wires.  Looks like she could plot and fire a torpedo if she still had to.

Title: COD's CT
Post by: Paul Farace on April 05, 2008, 08:42:07 PM

Well, I feel bad (a bit) to brag, but actually we can plot and fire a torpedo.

The Mk. 4 TDC runs like the day it was built, the TDC links to the tubes (forward room is a bit slow), the only weak link is COD needs to know where she is in relation to the earth, since the gyro is not currently functioning. That data has to be hand fed.

Thanks for the positive input though. Yes, we are lucky that the Navy didn't strip too much from her before we got her and most of the stuff taken by the subvets has been either returned or replaced.  But that is a story for another day.

Paul