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Steve I may have answered my question as I initially missed the "BC" reference in your email: >I brought up this idea of the pockets as I use the same BC for all of >my diving in many different conditions. If you are diving a BC, and by this you mean other than a wing, then I would stick my neck out and say that this is the cause of your side-to-side trim problem. I feel that diving a BC rather than a wing in not DIR. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. David Shimell Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd., Sandton, South Africa. Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> -----Original Message----- From: David Shimell (shimell) [SMTP:shimell@Jo*.za*.Se*.co*] Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 10:58 AM To: Steve Hogan; shimell@se*.co*; kevin@nw*.co* Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: RE: Weight belts and backplates Steve Re your trim issue. > I found that long deep >breaths cause a rocking (yes, I know why) Why? I find that with my Diverite original wings, I can migrate the air in the wing to one side to counteract the lop-sided weighting caused by a canister or stages. The air just stays where it is put unless I go vertical. I have re-enforced my wing bladder with a truck inner tube, so this may contribute to the stability of the asymmetrical buoyancy created. If I can recall back to my stroke days when I used Zeagle wings, I had a side-to-side trim problem and used to adjust the weighting with the stroke weight pouches. The air in these wings would not stay put as they do with the Diverites, so perhaps we have an issue of wing bladder design/shape here. Which wing do you use? David Shimell Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd., Sandton, South Africa. Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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