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From: ddrake01 Thanks to those who gave me info about the diving around Crystal River area. Had a great time--the springs were much nicer that the frost in central Florida. Q. I've read that you get used to the air moving around in wings/side to side as well as the face down position. Save for the positioning of bands as high up on the tanks as possible and putting the battery butt box in the obvious place, what does one do to alleviate the situation? Do you get used to plowing with your nose or hittin the roof with yer heels or is there a trick? Could putting a restriction at the top of the wings help slow down the shifting of air? I assume that no one pumps a lot of air in in a big hurry. Liquid tanker trucks have baffles to prevent the liquid from throwing the truck over on its side when they go around corners. It's the same sort of thinking--slow the flow down to a controllable rate. I'm one of those guys who tinkers endlessly with dive gear (engineer and a boring winter). For those who don't understand the Michellen Man effect--I often find myself in shallow water with a pony of Nitrox near-empty. Its neccesitates carrying more weight than one would otherwise carry. If you use your dry suit as inflation, as I *did*, you inflate beyond the amount required to be comfortable till you become nuetral. Put your head down to inspect some wreck artifacts and you will find your legs very fat and bouyant. Combine that with the lack of argon fills in the Canadian and Michigan outback, and you have a very good case for using BCDs for inflation. I also enjoy the quick-dump feature that needs either hand--very usefull if I've got a hold of something with my right hand and/or face down in current with balloon feet. Yes I have ankle weights, yes I have ankle straps on the suit, yes I got used to it, no I didn't like it, so I changed and have to deal with dumping more than one system, but thats not hard with adjustable valves and a very slow ascent up the line! Sorry to bore those who are stiff. DAVID DRAKE AHDNN1A.DDRAKE01@ED*.CO* ROMULUS, MICHIGAN EDS/GM POWERTRAIN8-375-5467 (GM NET)
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