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From: "David Burnworth" <xlh883@ea*.ne*>
Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: Bungee Wings of Death
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:36:37 -0700
Question:  Do the bungeed wings perform wel lwithout the bungees?  Or are
they still not recommended.  I understand the arguments against the bungees
and tend to agree, but jsut wonder how the wings themselves perform without
bungees.

D Burnworth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthias Voss" <mat.voss@t-*.de*>
To: "terry michael" <OEA51@go*.co*>
Cc: "Kevin Rottner" <kevin@So*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: Bungee Wings of Death


> Yes,
> I guess now this was what Kevin wanted to say, but I first did not
> understand it that way.
> Matthias
>
> terry michael schrieb:
> >
> > Yea, lost me too on that last one.
> > It's common sense to me that positioning is compromised when, for
example: you have a 14amp canister light and are diving double aluminum's
with partially empty stages. If the wing is restricted (bungee) the diver is
unable to compensate and will struggle to remain upright. You need to be
able to "move the bubble" to where it's needed to "balance the rig". You
can't do that with bondage wings.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Matthias Voss"<mat.voss@t-*.de*>
> > To: "Kevin Rottner"<kevin@So*.co*>
> > Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > Date: Wed Sep 26 01:18:58 PDT 2001
> > 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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