The bladder on that thing looks to be huge. Are the restraining straps on both sides tightened down equally?
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Too much weight is a common problem. Unfortunately, many instructors take a shortcut and start with their students heavy. It's easier to deal with a student that is over-weighted than under-weighted.Besides to much weight I am certain I am doing something wrong
It looks like the left side is inflated more. If that's the deco bar and you're at the end of the dive, you might be able to shed some weight. I'm also wondering why it's taco'd upward, is there a strap that needs to be tightened up? The fact that it's flipped up might be making a fold across the top keeping the gas from moving to the other side.Maybe this will help - its at 5m depth towards the end of the dive, and the left side of the wing is clearly inflated, and the right is not...
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Indeed, the small/medium has a lift of 45 lb, the medium/large 47 lb, and the Xlarge/XXlarge 49 lb.The bladder on that thing looks to be huge. Are the restraining straps on both sides tightened down equally?
Unfortunately, they do slide back and forth, and it maybe even possible to shorten them up with some gentle diy. Honestly, I would get rid of the used error first, and then gor for this type of adjustments...Looking at the photos of the rig, it seems that the retaining straps that go to the plastic d-rings on the wing run behind the rigid backplate. Are they fixed under there or do they slide back and forth? Is there a way to shorten those up?
Hi @LuckyLukeUnfortunately, they do slide back and forth, and it maybe even possible to shorten them up with some gentle diy. Honestly, I would get rid of the used error first, and then gor for this type of adjustments...
No.could water in the bladder cause this?
This is my goal in the next pool session. Total weight and then work out the distribution.No, not a last resort, rather, part of the solution.
Get your total weighting correct without using the trim pockets, and see if you are horizontal when relaxed. If not, you are probably feet down, head up. Take 1kg from each side pocket and put it into the trim pockets --- don't change the overall amount of weight you have, just move some of it to the trim pockets. See if that helps the horizontal trim. If it is not enough, move some more. But make sure you leave enough in your side/front pockets that you can dump it at the surfacekif needed to establish buoyancy.