DiveRite Transpac + Deep Sea Supply Wing?

[Scott L]

Haha, if everybody though like that we'd still be in the Stone Ages.

I fail to see your point. Opting to a yard sale collection of mismatched BCD componets does not revert us back to the stone age. Gain some travel savy and just carry-on the plate which best matches your equipment requirements along with regs and computers safegaurding against theft and damage leaving plenty of room/weight for your checked bag.

Tell me your airline bag/weight limitations and I will work a plan for you Fred Flintstone...

 

[halocline]

I rather undo a pair of wing nuts than cam bands any day.

If you think that "most" people leave the wing on cus of the trouble of undoing some wing nuts, I'll bet those same pp will leave the wing on instead of undoing cam bands.

If you are not using a STA, you have to undo the wing nuts or sex bolts and the cam bands. It's only with a STA that the bands can stay threaded. The DSS wings have a cut out that allows you to just pull off the wing, rather than slots that the cambands feed through. It is a neat feature.

I end up threading and un-threading cam bands pretty frequently; it's no big deal. The DSS set up is a convenience, though.

 

[SangP]

Lots of wings already have cut outs and inbuilt sta in them for use without a separate sta but the issue of how to attach the cam bands still remains.

Either you use an sta or thread the straps through the plate.

For my setup I have the cam bands on the sta so it's a simple process of just unscrewing the wing nut to remove for packing.

That to me is way easier than un-threading the bands.

Btw, with the skeleton harness I designed, I can just fold the entire setup (including wing and plates) without removing the bands for packing.

SangP

 

[halocline]

Lots of wings already have cut outs and inbuilt sta in them for use without a separate sta but the issue of how to attach the cam bands still remains.

Either you use an sta or thread the straps through the plate.

Not with the DSS wings; they have a rectangular cut out area in the middle that the cam bands fit through without being threaded-unthreaded. This allows you to just pull the wing off/snap it back on with no STA and no camband removal. I think there's a video on their website. Check it out.

 

[TSandM]

We just dove with a fellow who was using a TransPac, and we were helping him with his weighting. It took 3 lbs to sink the Transpac. That alone would be enough reason for me to go with a lightweight plate itself. We use Tobin's Kydex ones for travel. (For those of you using doubles, the advantage of the Kydex plate is that, if you rent tanks with short bolts, you can flex the plate enough to get the wing nuts on. You can't do that with a metal plate. Ask me how I know this )

 

[SangP]

Not with the DSS wings; they have a rectangular cut out area in the middle that the cam bands fit through without being threaded-unthreaded. This allows you to just pull the wing off/snap it back on with no STA and no camband removal. I think there's a video on their website. Check it out.

Hi mattboy,

I am aware of those slots and I have removed the singles wing from my friend's rig in the same manner however, these slots are only available for singles, which is why I questioned the difficulty of removing wing nuts in the first place.

If the doubles wing can be just as easily removed the system would be at the top of my list... make that 2nd on my list cus there isn't an alu plate yet.

I'm going to post photos of my skeleton rig on the sm section showing how it packs without removing anything later.

SangP

 

[SangP]

We just dove with a fellow who was using a TransPac, and we were helping him with his weighting. It took 3 lbs to sink the Transpac. That alone would be enough reason for me to go with a lightweight plate itself. We use Tobin's Kydex ones for travel. (For those of you using doubles, the advantage of the Kydex plate is that, if you rent tanks with short bolts, you can flex the plate enough to get the wing nuts on. You can't do that with a metal plate. Ask me how I know this )

Ok... how do you know this lol?

Almost any soft packs takes more to sink them n I cus I'm using oxycheq wings, I didn't find the trans pack suitable for those wings especially the recon wing that's why I had to design my own harness and I posted some of the earlier designs on the SM section.

SangP

 

[fnfalman]

We just dove with a fellow who was using a TransPac, and we were helping him with his weighting. It took 3 lbs to sink the Transpac. That alone would be enough reason for me to go with a lightweight plate itself. We use Tobin's Kydex ones for travel. (For those of you using doubles, the advantage of the Kydex plate is that, if you rent tanks with short bolts, you can flex the plate enough to get the wing nuts on. You can't do that with a metal plate. Ask me how I know this )

Interesting.

In California Pacific ocean water and 7mm wetsuit, I use 8lbs of lead (4 trim & 4 in pockets) with my Transpac and my Faber tanks.

I carry the SS plate with STA in conjunction with the Faber tanks and no additional weights. SS plate around 6lbs, STA around 2lbs according to my kitchen scale.

8lbs of lead versus 8lbs of steel. Doesn't seem to take me any extra weight to sink my Transpac.

 

[Scott L]

Interesting.

In California Pacific ocean water and 7mm wetsuit, I use 8lbs of lead (4 trim & 4 in pockets) with my Transpac and my Faber tanks.

I carry the SS plate with STA in conjunction with the Faber tanks and no additional weights. SS plate around 6lbs, STA around 2lbs according to my kitchen scale.

8lbs of lead versus 8lbs of steel. Doesn't seem to take me any extra weight to sink my Transpac.

What happened to your Halcyon BP/wing/Atomic SSI rig?

 

[halocline]

8lbs of lead versus 8lbs of steel. Doesn't seem to take me any extra weight to sink my Transpac.

Take your transpac, put it in a mesh bag in the water, start adding lead to the bag until it sinks. I guarantee you it will take a few pounds. Padding floats, dude.