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Being a full time stroke, I have the double bladder wings as well. What I 
did is to run a short piece of tubing from each grommet on the edge of 
the wing, tie a knot, then run it to the grommet on the back and tie a 
knot. You now can orally inflate the wings, operate the dump valve and 
the wings are kept tucked in and out of the way. Neat, simple, and it 
annoys the "full bondage" folks.


>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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