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Author: | Mistral [ 15 Dec 2018, 06:23 ] |
Post subject: | Re: SAS SPIOENKOP collides with SAS DRAKENSBERG |
Oops Does the Navy have training simulators ? |
Author: | Dean [ 15 Dec 2018, 08:20 ] |
Post subject: | Re: SAS SPIOENKOP collides with SAS DRAKENSBERG |
Simulator training or not, it's extremely difficult to control a few thousand tons of metal with no brakes, floating in a fluid at low speed via remote control of the vessel you're standing on and two others alongside. (Yeah, I know, clumsy sentence structure, but you get what I mean. ) Fortunately, the damage was minimal. |
Author: | Roger the Dodger [ 15 Dec 2018, 08:45 ] |
Post subject: | Re: SAS SPIOENKOP collides with SAS DRAKENSBERG |
My cousin's best mate's brother is a panel beater. He will fix that sommer over the weekend, and all it will cost is a sixpack and a bottle of brannas. It's clearly just a minor ding, hardly worth turning into a media circus. Both ships should be fixed fairly easily. |
Author: | Mistral [ 15 Dec 2018, 19:17 ] |
Post subject: | Re: SAS SPIOENKOP collides with SAS DRAKENSBERG |
Was asking about simulators out of interest. Would be rather expensive doing this in the real thing. Just like aeries. |
Author: | Darren [ 16 Dec 2018, 20:17 ] |
Post subject: | Re: SAS SPIOENKOP collides with SAS DRAKENSBERG |
Yes, they have a full simulation section at SAS Simonsberg, including a Bridge Simulator. It would be interesting to see what the BoI concludes. Simon's Town is a tricky-ish harbour, over the years both the Royal Navy and the SA Navy have seen their ships ding the edges during entrances and exits, especially during bad weather. Still, a signal to slow down should've been executed quickly, so whether this was a crew mistake or a mechanical failure it's pretty serious and I'm sure Flag Officer Fleet will want that report sooner rather than later. Good work by the tug crews to keep things from being worse. |
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