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Isn't the bouyancy thing as simple as this? 1. Get in your backyard pool nekkid and record how much weight you need to sink you. 2. Put on your dry suit, without undergarments, and record the additional weight necessary to sink you. 3. Put on your undergarment with the dry suit, and record how much weight it takes to sink you. 4. Figure out how much additional weight it takes to sink each of your wetsuits. 5. Record the bouyancy characteristics of your equipment (lights, etc.) After doing this, and making appropriate conversions (the 62.4/64 thing) shouldn't one be able to calculate the weight necessary for a dive? Depending on your garb, simply calc the weight needed in addition to the "full tank bouyancy" and then add, in weights, the differential between a full tank and an empty tank. The tank info is readily available from several sources on the net. Therefore: 6 pounds to sink me (need to work on the lean/fat thing) 12 pounds to sink the drysuit (this and the next one are guesses, just got the drysuit and ain't been in the pool) 8 pounds to sink the undergarments. Full tank = -6 pounds empty tank = -1 pound - add 5 pounds Backplate = -6 pounds subtract six pounds. Manifolds, d rings, fins subract two pounds Ergo, wear 23 pounds between the Vweights, Pweights and waistweights. > -----Original Message----- > From: S I L E N T I M M E R S I O N [SMTP:silent@cu*.ne*] > Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 11:56 AM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Cc: Anttila Matti > Subject: Re: How much buoancy to Halcyon Explorer? > > All steel tanks? > What kind of suit? > > If you dive a drysuit with these steel tanks (which you should), the > 55lbs > will be fine. > > Regards, > > THOMAS > > >Hi! > > > >I'm diving with twin 10 litres 200 bars (ss) and one 7 litre EANx and > >one 5 litre O2. I'm buying Halcyon Wings (Explorer) for deep ocean > >dives mainly. What size would be the best? 45, 55 or 65 lb? > > > >Matti > >-- > >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to > `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to > `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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