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Can you point to a good link for that?
Take a look at: Scuba Resources
There is a wing lift calculator there, amongst other tools.
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Can you point to a good link for that?
Remember that "proper weighting" means that the diver is weighted so that he can comfortably hold a safety stop (or shallower depth) with near empty tank(s) and empty BCD/wing at the end of the dive.I am trying hard to NOT be thick about this, really I am.
So if they need to take more gear down, why don't they just reduce their weights?
It's probably not your fault. Basic OW scuba courses tend to not teach this well...or at all.Thanks all, appreciate the patience, aparently I have more reading to do.
When I went on vacation last fall, I didn't think I was sending myself back to school LOL.
Thanks all, appreciate the patience, aparently I have more reading to do.
When I went on vacation last fall, I didn't think I was sending myself back to school LOL.
Bear in mind that lift requirements for the BC also depend on whether ballast is attached to the diver's body or the BCD/wing. More specifically, attaching all of the ballast to the BCD or BP/W will likely necessitate more lift.
Hope that explains it for ya...
This may sound basic to some, but I don't understand it - I'm a numbers guy, not a science geek.
In reading a number of posts, I see people talking about switching from a jacket to a BP/W to get more lift because they are going from wet to dry and need to add more weight, or changing the wing for one with greater lift.
If you are weighted to neutral +/- with an empty bladder, and if you can ditch your weight to make you positively bouyant, what difference would adding an additional 10 lbs of lift make? IOW, what are you actually acheiving? I am sure this will be a forehead slapper when I see the answwer, but there are some dots not connecting for me.
TIA
Can you explain the reasoning here? It would seem to me that weight is weight regardless of where it it.
the drysuit can provide some of the reserve lift of the wing, as long as the suit does not flood.
Adam
If you are weighted to neutral +/- with an empty bladder, and if you can ditch your weight to make you positively bouyant, what difference would adding an additional 10 lbs of lift make? IOW, what are you actually acheiving? I am sure this will be a forehead slapper when I see the answwer, but there are some dots not connecting for me.
TIA