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Diving planes, also known as hydroplanes, are control surfaces found on a submarine which allow the vessel to pitch its bow and stern up or down to assist in the process of submerging or surfacing the boat, as well as controlling depth when submerged. Bow and stern planes Diving planes are usually fitted in two pairs, the '' bow planes'' at the front of the submarine and the ''stern planes'' at the rear. The stern planes function in much the same way as an aircraft's elevator. As the planes are a long distance fore-and-aft from the hull's centre of buoyancy, they introduce a pitching moment. Ballast tanks within the submarine adjust buoyancy to be neutral, making the boat controllable. The position of the planes controls the pitch of the boat and, with the forward motion of the boat, this controls depth. If not carefully controlled, this could lead to a 'porpoising' motion whereby the planesman continually hunts for a stable combination of depth and pitch. For easier berthi ...
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B39 or B-39 may refer to: * Bundesstraße 39, a German road * B39 nuclear bomb * XB-39 Superfortress * Soviet submarine B-39, a Foxtrot class submarine * HLA-B39, an HLA-B serotype * B39 (New York City bus) The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, United States; one minor route is privately operated under a city government-granted monopoly, franchise. Many of them are th ... {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ...
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