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  1. maniago

    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    Ok I too am confused, so lets review. I have an Aqua Air3. It has the large ring 2 7/16 or something like that. It has a 1" ID hose. The hog inflator has a 2" ring and a 1" hose. So inorder to put the Air3 on the Hog, I use the Hog elbow only (maybe a new pull dump elbow and cable from...
  2. maniago

    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    No no Ams, we're talking about the HOGs here. Yes the Apesks and Aquas are all big rings. But the hoses for all are 1". New dump on the old hose...an Aqua-Hog if you will.
  3. maniago

    padi self reliant diver

    Oh? Hmmm. Well, say hi to our mom for me when you see her ok?
  4. maniago

    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    Jim La hooked me up with the Hog wing. I tried to get him to have them make me one with invasion stripes ala my pic - but ack, no joy. Dang it! Thanks Jim. :)
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    padi self reliant diver

    Frank, where the heck did you dig up that photo of me? Did my ex send it to you? Damn it. Though looking at it now, I was one hot dude back then! :) ---------- Post added April 9th, 2014 at 06:59 PM ---------- Ah Viz you needn't pay my freight. I'd be there, but.....no kidding, I'm...
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    padi self reliant diver

    Ah hamstrung by my region. Imagine what it'll be like when travel is all down an electric wire instead of by physical matter....
  7. maniago

    padi self reliant diver

    Oh you got me - season openers NO FAIR! ;) .....yeah them's mostly outta my range depth wise when spearing with my smokin' hot red-head dive buddy..... :P
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    padi self reliant diver

    Say what? 2 trips on a charter? Not in my neck of the woods. Dive OC MD or Hatteras and its $150/day two dives. Private boat - I don't have access to that, but there was boat thread "cost" not that long ago and with gas etal, I'd say $50/person was reasonable to the owner, or you don't get...
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    Negative entry vs Using a downline

    That's the problem with the internet - noone gets to know anyone anymore. I mean, what ever happened to good ol bar fights - with broken chairs, bloody lips, smashed plate glass windows and beer bottles everywhere. Boy I miss those days....!
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    padi self reliant diver

    ***cough cough*** and $150 boat ride, plus $20 tip for 2 dives = unlimited dives @ $35 total...Oh did I mention - hot fresh water shower, full sh!ter, and hot food snack bar? Not really an = equation is it...? Sure I get it, the ocean is the ocean - unique in every way. And so is the...
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    Negative entry vs Using a downline

    How boring. I was just getting my popcorn ready for another round of SB's Keystone Cops....:acclaim:
  12. maniago

    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    Hey, I just had a great idea! How 'bout them apples, eh? :cool2:
  13. maniago

    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    Well Good Morning sleepy head! Hope its as sunny and nice in CA as it is here in the Mid-Altantic - about damn time in all. So that about settles it then - thanks Eric! I got my supplier out hunting a Hog32, which'll be cheaper than the Oxy by a large margin anyway. But I have to wait 'cause...
  14. maniago

    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    Well "thinks" seems a bit funny if he can test fit the 120 to your wing....That said, I sent Eric a note to see how he likes his new Hog - waiting for him to wake up from California dreamin'.....
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    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    Its a fight between the Oxy and the Hog for me, but I think the Hog will win since I have 120s to deal with and I think Eric said it squeezed out a little more than the oxy and would be closer to its designed lift capacity. Damn 120s are long boys...
  16. maniago

    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    Yeah, I caught up to that page earlier, but thanks. Its nice to have the feature, but then again, its a disaster if the cable gets any kind of squirrelly...decisions decisions.
  17. maniago

    How easy to remove/replace pony valves when traveling?

    NONONONONo. This is a CGA document. Damn it guys pay attention. SCUBA valves are ORB connections using viton or similar o-rings like the hoses on your 1st stage. These valves are not like NPT or PTFE ringed valves on CGA tanks. If you have tank certs you ought to know this already or you...
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    padi self reliant diver

    Back to our regularly scheduled program.... Dutch is a playground, not just a hole in the ground. Its maintained, clean and there are safety people around if you get in trouble. Its a scuba park, is owned and is insured and has a compressor with nitrox. Its an LDS with its own water...
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    What wings are you using with your Freedom Plate?

    I tried to mate the FP to a Apeks WTD-D30 single tank wing last night at the LDS as it has the large inflator elbow connection and I have all Aqualung gear. Their cam slots are just slightly longer than the 2" webbing and are pretty far apart allowing no room for customizing band placement...
  20. maniago

    First-Time blending of my own Nitrox...Amateur Here...Looking for your Thoughts!!!

    Err. well not really. All the filtering is ususally on the backend, though I have a hepa filter on my intake tube. You want the filtering to take out everything including what the compressor puts inthe air stream. You could do what you are saying, but then you'd also do it on the back end...
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