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>Can you advise on what we be the best way to offset the weight if one is only
>diving with doubles and not carrying any stage or deco bottles on the other
>side. We have tried this and when proper buoyancy is achieved we still lean
>to one side.
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This is perceived, not real. I had my lights cut shorter so that the battery
is nearly touching the lid, and is when compressed, to get more weight. Same
with stages - it is a perception of unbalance when they are on one side. Even
104's, which we occasionally use as oxygn bottles, do not cause unblalance.
If you allow the light to slide, it is annoying, and may give you the
feeling
of unbalance. Hold it in place with the belt buckle.
However, I really do not believe you on this, it sounds like something you
were told to expect. I would know if there were a problem with this, since my
light is more negative than most, and Brent, Jarrod and I use the larger
five-hour Jackson lights as well with no problem.
If you right yourself the gas will fill the wings to the required
composition to hold you flat, but in fact the moment arm for stages and lights
is so short that it is not a factor. The gear salesmen usually come up with
this
argument. During the square light Boom, they were saying the neutrally bouyant
light was a good thing, giving away the fact that they do not dive deep or use
drysuits , and so it could be impoproperly mounted more easily , etc.
I hear this crap about stages all of the time, yet can seriously outrun
anyone using stages on either side. Why is that? Take a physics class and find
out - I am sick of arguing . Do it like the pros should be your first move, not
do it like the dopes. - G
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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