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To: Gamble@em*.mh*.co*.co*
To: deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*
Subject: Re: Re: D-400
From: Stephen M Dodd <sdodd@oe*.or*.ed*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 94 13:44:01 -0700
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>From: <Gamble@em*.mh*.co*.co*>
>To: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
>Cc: <techdiver@opal.com>
>Subject: Re: Re: D-400
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>>From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
>>Subject: Re: D-400
>>To: Scot Anderson <pp000082@in*.co*>
>
>>> I know a guy that tunes my Odins, and when I get them back from him
>>> they don't have the break at all.  Just LOTS of air.  Didn't believe it
>>> until I had him do it.  Now he gets all my overhaul business (not that
>>> much really, about a dozen regs, done once or twice a year)
>
>>Interesting....I wonder what he adjusts?  I've tried just about ever
>>adjustment I can (not to many options), but none of them seem to affect
>>the flutter when breathing shallow.  I'd be interested in more details, if
>>they're available.
>
>Rich,
>     I heard about the flutter problem with Odins for years, but never 
>experienced it.   I wonder if it could be caused (or cured) by a divers 
>breathing technique?
>     My Odins are normally maintained by my dive buddy, who is a Posideon 
>tech, but I have rebuilt them several times under his supervision, cranked 
>the pressure to factory specs, and gone diving.  I don't particularly like 
>the cracking force set too light, which might be different, but that's all I 
>can think of.
>     
>     - Wayne
>     
>
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  I have used an Odin for years.  It is commonly accepted among us that 
  flutter is generated by short choppy breathing near the surface.  This
  generally happens at the start of a cold dive in rough water.  I have
  not had it happen since learning to clam down at the start of a dive.

  Steve

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