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Ted- I have some questions about your back mounting: -How do you check the pressure of your pony while underwater? -If you use a gauge, how do you have the gauge rigged? -How do you keep the bottle and hoses from snagging fishing line, reel line, nets, etc.? -Can you quickly and easily pull it off when you have to while underwater? -Can you quickly and easily put it back on while underwater? -How do you check for leaks during the dive? -If you do the above, how many times during the dive do you check? -Can you reach the valve? -Isn't this weight on the side of your tank just one more thing to fall off or snag? -How does this weight account for hydrodynamic drag unbalance? -What do you say to the diver next to you in the tank rack when you bash your pony into his gear? You might ask these same questions for those who strap a pony between your doubles. Note that none of these questions have to asked for a stage rigged bottle. Jim On 1/24/98 5:44 AM Ted Green wrote: >2. If you have a problem with balance with the pony bottle mounted on >the right side of your tank, simply put a dive weight opposite the >pony on the other side of the tank. No big deal. My pony in this type >of diving, is nothing more than a spare tire. I would only use it in >an emergency and don't count it's air in my gas management plan. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix At http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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