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Tim, I do not know who the dumb fuck is who told
you we use v weights with aluminum tanks and a
wetsuit, but this is self defeating as you
immediately suspected. Thanks for pointing out this
farm animality.
The v weight thing is for drysuit diving where
you have a shell suit and a lift from insulation
under it that changes little with depth - in this
case you balance the rig with permanent weight to
offset the unchanging lift of the drysuit subject to
any requirements you may have to float the rig by
itself on the surface of the water. Our two
guidelines for weight are 1) have enough weight so
that with 300 psi left in your backtanks you can
stay neutral, and 2) be able to lose enough weight
that you can get up from depth with full tanks and
no bc.
one big problem with weighting is that most of
these nickel rockets have shit insulation, so use
many layers, and then pound on the weight to offset
that. I use c-4 ( good from 35-55 degrees) and add a
small weightbelt in salt water ( nothing in fresh )
so that I can inflate the suit higher to get warmer,
not add more bullshit that does nothing but bind you
up.
C-4 must be carefully maintained or it will not
work at all, so I can see how most of these morons
don't get it right , like they don't get anything
else right to start with.
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