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Airplanes use a concept called "Camber", which is the horizontal angle one wing has to the other. The more camber the wings have the more stable the airplane but the less maneuverable. Stunt planes have a very low or even negative camber, but they are very hard to fly and will wear you out trying to keep them straight and level. As I don't tend to spin around on my axis frequently when I dive I prefer a the reasonable "camber" that a set of standard wings provide. I tend to dive with my tanks up and my face down looking for goodies and lobsters on the bottom. To me the bondage results in negative camber which does not suit my style of diving. Jim Sender: Mike Zimmerman Date: 7/9/98 1:17 PM >Think about it this way Jim... if at little away from you is better than >closer to you, then why not go whole hog... put your buoyancy device >10 feet above you... or 20 feet... as I see it, it should come down to >simple lever mechanics.... lift 10 lbs in your hand. Now put >10 lbs at the end of a 20ft rod and try to lift it.. it will >be harder. The same should hold true (I would expect) for >the bouyancy. To roll over you have to force a buoyant mass to >go deeper than it wants to. Again, the further from the center >of rotation, the harder it should be. > >Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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