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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 11:37:29 -0700
To: iantdhq@ix*.ne*.co* (IANTD )
From: cherf@ci*.co* (Scott Cherf)
Subject: Transpac mods.
Cc: Carl Heinzl <cgh@ma*.ai*.mi*.ed*>, techdiver@terra.net

At 9:48 AM 10/25/95, IANTD wrote:

>The transpac has had the following modifications done to it:

I'm still working on mine (a life task I think) and would appreciate
some more detail on these.

>2. the chest strap has been removed

Excelent idea.  Mine interfered with my inflator valve so I moved
it up, but taking it off entirely hadn't occured to me.  How does
it effect stability?

>4. The double tank wrap bands were replaced with the metal plates for
>attaching to the tanks just like the backplate

Please clarify this.  Are you refering to the stabalizer plate, or
a complete replacement of the bands?  If the later, could you describe
it?  I've never seen one of these.

>6. For open water and wreck diving I placed gromlets at the base of the
>transpac and carry my lift bag there

On the belt?

>7. I have surgical tubing loops on the circular rings just inside the
>pac where I stow my long hose. (I breath from both the long and short
>hose on each dive, to insure my regs are at 100% all the time)

Where inside the pac?

Thanks,
Scott.

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