Use of thrusters

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[struggler]

Hello

On a large ship fitted with both bow and stern thrusters, such as Oceana, a naive operator like me could be forgiven for assuming that it should be possible when docking to move the vessel sideways by the simultaneous use of both thrusters.   This may or may not be true on a real ship, but on SSE it seems to be impossible.   Have I missed something, or am I expecting too much?

Struggler

[matijak]

It is possible but if both your bow and stern thrusters are not going the exact same speed then the one going faster will cause the ship to rotate instead

[ave160]

Hi,

if I am not mistaken the Oceana does not have a stern thruster, both thrusters are at the bow.

You can use the azipod at the stern and the thrusters in the bow to move sideways

[struggler]

Hello

Thank you ave 160 for this information.   I did not realise that both thrusters are in the bow and I am sure that I have not seen it mentioned anywhere! 

Thanks again, and best wishes

Struggler

[sydmichel]

Hi,

if I am not mistaken the Oceana does not have a stern thruster, both thrusters are at the bow.

You can use the azipod at the stern and the thrusters in the bow to move sideways

Or you could go "old school" by running one engine ahead, and one astern then counter the spin with the thruster and the ship should then crab sideways.  The POR is good for practicing this technique though it works better in SS 2008 for some reason.

[LucAtC]

Hello,

Using the search functions, eventually looking for "oceana controls", you will find some indications that should answer your question about MSOceana (http://80.95.161.114/shipsim/forum/index.php/topic,28720.0.html) handling. They will indeed confirm ave160's post validity.
Sorry about the "old school" description. One engine ahead, one astern would of course produce zero side thrust, the propwalk of one thruster would even cancel the propwalk of the other thruster.
The side thrust at the stern is gained by the rudder lateral thrust when set at an angle, propeller ahead. The forward thrust can then be cancelled by the other propeller, and the torque on the ship resulting from the thrusts of the propellers must be overcome by the bow thruster. It was indeed designed to be easier in SS 2008 than in SS Extremes.
Moving MSOceana sideways could as well be done by setting one thruster ahead aiming at the centre of lateral resistance, the other aiming away from the centre, in order to help the bow thruster if the latter is not enough powerful.

Regards,
Luc