The combo would be more negative even when no water entered, only air
escaping.
Which denotes the importance of a proper fit.
Matthias

Keith Taylor schrieb:
> 
> You want to give me a hint as to what I should be rethinking.  Buoyancy is a
> function of displacement and weight, weight of the displaced fluid and the
> weight of the object displacing the fluid.  A dry suit has air inside
> displacing water, if water where to completely take the place of the air
> then the dry suit/diver combo would be more negative after the flood than
> before.  More than likely a bit colder, too.  Are you talking about the
> buoyancy of water in water, of course that's zero (assuming same salinity,
> mineral content, etc.), but the net sum change of the diver/dry suit combo
> is to become more negative.

> > Half right there Mr. Elmore, bouyancy is a function of displacement AND
> > weight.  If you substitute water in your dry suit for air, since water
> > weighs more your bouyancy will become more negative.  So if a dry suit
> were
> > to "completely" flood (as in Mr. Kenney's example) you would not be able
> to
> > control bouyancy with your dry suit, all bouyancy compesation at this time
> > would be from the wings.
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