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When are you guys going to learn? You got a good deal - just like from a
hooker - what you paid for - "fucked", as the hooker would say. Going diving?
Get real gear, and quit listening to strokes.
The cord is bullshit, and if you can not control buoyancy with real wings,
quit diving. Look at my video - there is no way you can control your buoyancy
that well with anything but the proper wings.
If you do break the wings, and tehy are bound with cord, they wil force the
air out. Only a real moron would put elastic on wings. Only a rocket scientist
wold hav etrouble with the concept of pressure exerted by bondae cords against
a
relief valve. I out out a warning bulletin on thise pieces of shit, mainly the
OMS crap, for the NACD after they foujnd that guy on the floor of a rack quarry
with fully inflated bondage wings stuck to the bottom.
Crap like this may look real smart to you, and convolutions like double
wings may sound real good as well, but if you dive the right gear for the
situation, none of this is necessary - only a stroke would do otherwise, and
only a storke would add one piece of useless gear to make up for using another.
- G
On Sun, 28 Jul 1996, Guy Wittig <wittig@sh*.de*.co*> wrote:
>I just got a Diverite Transpac with superwings on the weekend. (I
>got a good deal.)
>
>I guess these are what George calls "bondage wings".
>
>I have a few questions which someone may be able to offer an opinion on.
>
>I mainly do deep air (<60m !) wreck dives with deco mixes in stage bottles,
>and with a wetsuit - hence the need for twin bladders.
>
>The Superwings are bound with shock cord. If you inflate them
>the shock cord applies so much pressure that the over pressure
>release blows off at what I would guess is only 1/2 full. That
>would still be over 40lbs lift but it doesn't seem to make a lot
>of sense.
>
>On the positive side it seems to me that:
>1. If I remove the shockcord the wings are a little on the huge side,
> so the shock cord keeps them tight stops them getting damaged in
> wrecks etc.
>2. The shockcord stops the air forming a large bubble at the top (or
> bottom if you are head down) and the better air distribution means
> better weight/boyancy distribution.
>3. If the shockcord let the wings expand properly it is probably more
> of a plus than a minus.
>
>A possibility could be to use thinner more compliant shock cord which
>would allow the wings to expand better.
>
>Anyone else use these and had a look at this "feature" ?
>
>Guy.
>
>
>
>
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George M. Irvine III
DIR WKPP
1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
954-493-6655 FAX 6698
Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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