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This might be the sort of exception I was talking about. Now if your still throwing a v-weight in there then you should lose some or all of that and get back to a better control situation. At 01:47 PM 12/17/97 GMT, David Shimell (shimell) wrote: > > >I found diving on the suit was fine for single cylinder diving. When I >went to a twinset, 2 stages and argon, we are looking at about 10 Kg (22 >lb) of weight due to the gas. (Weighting should be neutral for near >empty cylinders.) Add to this some wrecking tackle 3Kg (6 lb) which one >must assume gets lost. This means that we are talking about a lot of >additional gas that has to be put in the suit at the start of the dive to >obtain neutral buoyancy. I find gas migration to be a problem in these >circumstances and so use the suit for comfort and wings for buoyancy. > >David Shimell >Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd, Weybridge, UK >Email: shimell@se*.co* > > ---------- >From: owner-techdiver[SMTP:owner-techdiver@aquanaut.com] >Sent: 17 December 1997 03:13 >To: Paul Kaufman; techdiver >Subject: Re: Dry Suit Diving. > >When properly weighted & adjusted (this is the key) I allways have >simpler >and better control when using only the suit and completely ignoring my >wings >during the dive. With this method your bouyancy is basicly automatic >(with >shell suits) and you have less items to worry about. Everybody I have >talked >into trying this has not gone back and their bouyancy control and >awareness >(one less distraction) has improved. > >I even had a former student last month come up and ask me about how to >use a >shell suit he had rented for the weekend so I briefed him on this >technique >and went with him on his first dive to make sure everything went ok. This >was his first time ever in a drysuit and only about his 20th dive ever. >I'm >not overexaggerating at all here but within fifteen minutes his control >was >as good as most seasoned divers I know (with or without a drysuit). > >I know George & Jim both don't advise this method but I hope they give it >a >real try (this is about the only thing that I don't agree with them on). >I >really can't say the same for neoprene suits since I have never tried one >and their characteristics are different (although two converts have been >neoprene users). > >At 02:08 PM 12/12/97 EST, Paul Kaufman wrote: >>Eric, >> >>I always leave the auto-deflate on my TLS-350 set almost fully open >(least >resistance). >>Just add enough air to your suit to take off the squeeze. Then use your >wings to adjust >>your buoyancy. You have to remember that you are now dealing with two >systems, but it >>works better this way than trying to make all your buoyancy adjustments >with the suit. >> >>Take care, >> >>Paul >> >>-- >>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> >> > > -- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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