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Hello Friends;

I have a question regarding the controversial bondage wing issue.

Common sense tells us that if you are at depth, because of the
watercolumn, it would be very difficult, even impossible to orally
inflate such a wing.

It is, AFAIK widely accepted knowledge. However, OMS promotes, of course
their bungee wing and has test-results that you can read up on
http://www.omsdive.com/faq-bc.html#faq-bc

The following is from their website:
_____________________________________________________
Tests were conducted in Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island,
California.
All tests, other than the drag tests, were done in 24 feet of water. The
test
diver and/or the BC's were attached to a mooring weight to allow for
control.

Oral Inflation*1
Both BCs were inflated orally without undue difficulty.
The BC with bands took an average of 16.5 seconds to dump the air put in
orally.
The BC without band took an average of 15.0 seconds to dump the air put
in orally.
(Conclusion) This test indicated no significant difference between the
two BCs,
yet it did confirm that either BC could be inflated orally.
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Now, my question is (disregarding the other very funny test results and
"comparisons" to the "other" company from Florida), they had NO problem
inflating the bungeed "technical" wing at a depth of 24fsw. A range
where the water pressure is slightly below 2 ATM's.

I would like to know what the "test-results" are for depths at 5, 7, 10
and more ATM's, meaning depths where a technical configuration would be
rather used than in a shallow environment of 24fsw?

Any ideas?

Udo

P.S.: As you can imagine... I am back from Tokyo.

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