I am just getting into tech diving and my knowledge of wings and back plates etc is about near zero as I have only ever used BCD's. I am half way through my tech course but havent seen a twin setup yet. I dont understand how it all goes together. I am trying to rig up twin scuba tanks onto a Andreno T50 wing and aluminium back plate. I prefer a set of woven bands for the cylinders and run them as independants to reduce carry weight when travelling but at this stage dont understand how one attaches twins with woven bands to the wing.
Is the back plate on the inside of the wing? It appears to me that there are many slots in the backplate, some for the harness but the ones I would use to attach the woven bands to the tanks, I have no access to as the wing is in the way. It seems from the pictures I have (dont have the wing sent yet) there are only 2 mounting holes for screws through the wing from the back where the cylinders sit to the backplate. How does one then fix the twin cylinders with cam bands to the back plate? Do I have to buy something else apart from 4 cam bands?
I could use stainless twin cylinder bands but dont want the weight if possible, and also how do the SS bands mount on anyway, are they simply bolted on with a long bolt which has a nut fixing it to the backplate, then two more nuts to space the SS bands out from the wing?
Any information would help me understand how it all goes together.
Is the back plate on the inside of the wing? It appears to me that there are many slots in the backplate, some for the harness but the ones I would use to attach the woven bands to the tanks, I have no access to as the wing is in the way. It seems from the pictures I have (dont have the wing sent yet) there are only 2 mounting holes for screws through the wing from the back where the cylinders sit to the backplate. How does one then fix the twin cylinders with cam bands to the back plate? Do I have to buy something else apart from 4 cam bands?
I could use stainless twin cylinder bands but dont want the weight if possible, and also how do the SS bands mount on anyway, are they simply bolted on with a long bolt which has a nut fixing it to the backplate, then two more nuts to space the SS bands out from the wing?
Any information would help me understand how it all goes together.