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Actually, wings can suffer catastrophic failure, I saw it happen.  Many years
ago I had a dive buddy using bungeed wings.  The power inflator completely fell
apart (the inflator button blew out the end of the fitting) and lost all air
within seconds.  Due to the bungees it would not hold any air with the inflator
leak.

A good reason to not use bungeed wings.




 >I'm beginning to seriously worry about you. Or are you simply trying to 
stir up trouble?
Or do you actually, really, truly believe that your wings can suffer a 
CATASTROPHIC (you should know that word well since its Greek in origin) 
failure? All of a sudden?
How? A Great White maybe? In which case you have more than failed wings 
to worry about.
So you develop a leak in your wings u/w where, last time I looked, there 
is no up or down, certainly not in the open ocean where you apparently 
dive. So position yourself so that the leak is in the "down" position 
and therefore can't leak gas.
Easy.
Christian

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