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At 09:28 PM 1/16/99 EST, RLucas1013@ao*.co* wrote:

>I have been diving with double steel H. P 100 and a Classic Scuba Pro jacket
>style
>BC without ever having any body attitude problems, since changing to a wing
>and an         aluminum back plate with a continuos harness (Hogarthian style)
>with the same tanks the problem started. When I'm diving I seem to be falling
>forward and if I completely relax my head goes down and feet come up almost in
>a vertical position, consequently it's a constant battle to remain in
>horizontal position. I have the bands set on the tanks as far up as possible
>and had mounted the back plate to the tanks with the top and bottom holes on
>the first two dives. I have since mounted the back plate thru the second hole
>from the top and the bottom hole with the intention of lowering the tanks on
>my back. I'm still having the same problem and running out of holes and don't
>want to use any ankle weights. Needless to say I spoke to a few people about
>this problem. No one seems to know a remedy, so this is my last resort. I
>would truly appreciate any suggestions on the problem.

I had the same problem.  I tried moving the wings (Seatec) up;
I even added two new grommets near the bottom of the wings and
finally fixed the problem by adding a lead weight to the bottom
of one of the tanks.  I hate the idea of adding weight when I
don't need it, but I could find no other way to solve the trim
problem.

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