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> > I met a guy with a exploded bondage wing yesterday. He had a freeze up on > > the inflator during a cold water dive. It resulted in a uncontrolled > > filling of the wing. He went ballistic and could not dump air due to the > > over pressure thing failed. Can you imagine the sound when a twin cell > > bondage wing explode:-) > > > > The guy did not hurt him self but is no longer looking for a new bondage wing! The runaway inflator would have only been filling one of the two air cells, so it probably didn't sound too much different than a single wing would have. However, the people who advertise this stuff tell you that the other air cell gives you redundancy in case one fails, but there's a chance the second cell would be compromised by the first one blowing up in this type of incident, depending on whether it blew toward or away from its mate. There's also the chance that even intact, the second cell would extrude through a split in the outer jacket and cause some really interesting bouyancy issues. -- Anthony DeBoer <adb@on*.ca*> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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