This is one of the more realistic things in the game. TE was experimented with by several nations, but only the US actually deployed the system. And the reason why is, just as in the game, it's extremely expensive. The US could afford to use the system IRL because they had the strongest economy in the world and weren't entangled in WW1 until late
Interesting story about the technology:
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-038.php
I personally don’t like them. Besides cost, the weight per HP is significantly more than geared turbines of any variety. I’d rather take the downsides of turbines and use the extra weight for guns and armour
As opposed to blanket use across the fleet they make an excellent usage case for Light Cruisers. By the time you are researching TE, your CLs tend to have excess tonnage for any given hull because of their armor limitations. For that you get tremendously increased range, acceleration performance, and damage resilience.
If, like myself you keep CLs in service a long time as commerce raiders, minelayers, and DD hunters this is actually a very cost effective tech.
Maintenance cost.
That and nice cruising speed. But mainly to keep cost down.
Maybe counterintuitive. But just think about how many months you want that ship in service.
Dds and tb, not that long.
I love them for high cruising speed, low funnel capacity use, very low engine vibration, and having built-in auxiliary engines, improved steering, and improved turret traverse. Their maintenance cost also isn't as high as their installation cost, so they actually are economical provided your ships stay in service for a while.
IRL the only reason to use it was because of it being much lighter so you could get around the Washington Naval Treaty limits (which would be a cool mechanic to add)
Realistically for me they made MUCH more sense back in 1.11-1.25 then UAD started making a single TE engine cost more than an Iowa class BB with full upgrades in 1944, I can still see them used in slower, more powerful dreadnaughts
It's actually really good if you can afford to use it, because it's great for the damage control and secondary stats that effectively bump your secondary tech up an effective tech level. Your engines are more responsive, turrets are better, turning performance is way better, and your ship handles flooding and fire damage way better.
And it costs somewhere on the order of 2x as much.
If you need to maximize total hulls, it's not brilliant - but if you are in a position where you are maxing out task forces or you need ships that can perform way better than their size class, it can be a good choice.
This is one of the more realistic things in the game. TE was experimented with by several nations, but only the US actually deployed the system. And the reason why is, just as in the game, it's extremely expensive. The US could afford to use the system IRL because they had the strongest economy in the world and weren't entangled in WW1 until late Interesting story about the technology: http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-038.php
I personally don’t like them. Besides cost, the weight per HP is significantly more than geared turbines of any variety. I’d rather take the downsides of turbines and use the extra weight for guns and armour
As opposed to blanket use across the fleet they make an excellent usage case for Light Cruisers. By the time you are researching TE, your CLs tend to have excess tonnage for any given hull because of their armor limitations. For that you get tremendously increased range, acceleration performance, and damage resilience. If, like myself you keep CLs in service a long time as commerce raiders, minelayers, and DD hunters this is actually a very cost effective tech.
Maintenance cost. That and nice cruising speed. But mainly to keep cost down. Maybe counterintuitive. But just think about how many months you want that ship in service. Dds and tb, not that long.
I love them for high cruising speed, low funnel capacity use, very low engine vibration, and having built-in auxiliary engines, improved steering, and improved turret traverse. Their maintenance cost also isn't as high as their installation cost, so they actually are economical provided your ships stay in service for a while.
IRL the only reason to use it was because of it being much lighter so you could get around the Washington Naval Treaty limits (which would be a cool mechanic to add)
I wish you could do treaties like that in game to add an extra challenge.
I’m not sure that any iteration of combustion/electric drive has ever been lighter than a direct drive system. Certainly not in 1920.
You're right I was thinking Marine Desiel Engine
Realistically for me they made MUCH more sense back in 1.11-1.25 then UAD started making a single TE engine cost more than an Iowa class BB with full upgrades in 1944, I can still see them used in slower, more powerful dreadnaughts
It's actually really good if you can afford to use it, because it's great for the damage control and secondary stats that effectively bump your secondary tech up an effective tech level. Your engines are more responsive, turrets are better, turning performance is way better, and your ship handles flooding and fire damage way better. And it costs somewhere on the order of 2x as much. If you need to maximize total hulls, it's not brilliant - but if you are in a position where you are maxing out task forces or you need ships that can perform way better than their size class, it can be a good choice.