Mathias, proper wings lift along the tank and wrap up the sides smoothly.
The bondage wings create a plethora of shedding vortexes that drag the diver
back, like a crumpled, poor-fitting drysuit would. The compression of gas
into a small space ( thus not giving the lift per actual volume ) and the
fact that this space is restricted does in fact make for instability.

Like everything else, you have to try these pieces of shit to see how bad
they really are. I tried a rebreather that had them mounted to it and was
appalled at how really bad they are.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthias Voss [mailto:mat.voss@t-*.de*]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:19 AM
To: Kevin Rottner
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Bungee Wings of Death


Can you be more specific on this , Kevin ?

I thought the momentum created is defined by force ( up or down) x
distance between where the force is applied and axis of rotaion, which
will be very close to the center of gravity ( to be exact, to the
meta-center in an immersed body)

So the closer the up and down forces are to the diver , the less
momentum they create ( SS backplates, single bottle wings, no oversize
wings)

What did I not get right ?

Matthias

Kevin Rottner schrieb:
> 5. The bands hold the bladder closer to the diver, closer to the center of
> gravity, this can effect roll, and making some positions more difficult.
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