SpyrosDives
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Hi All,
I've been diving with a backplate & wing and having some trouble keeping good horizontal trim. My setup is as follows:
Aluminium backplate (around 700gram weight)
25lb wing (the ones sold by DGX, essentially a dive rite)
Harness & simple weight pockets
Thermocline vest (neutrally buoyant)
I use 2-3 kg of weight
Oceanic Accel fins (they are very light), 3mm booties
Alu 80 tank
Large-ish mask
With this setup, the wing has minimal/no air most of the time.
Initially, I tried placing the weight on the weight pockets. When in a horizontal position and staying still, I roll backwards (i.e. my feet sink). I have experimented with the position of my hands/legs, but no luck.
I tried placing a 2kg weight on the top tank band, and that fixed the problem. If I do that, the problem is that I have practically no ditchable weight.
Any ideas?
For reference, air consumption is fine (the limiting factor is usually NDL and time). Experience-wise, I have around 110 dives and have done up to the PADI rescue diver course. I'm a warm-water fish.
Spyros
I've been diving with a backplate & wing and having some trouble keeping good horizontal trim. My setup is as follows:
Aluminium backplate (around 700gram weight)
25lb wing (the ones sold by DGX, essentially a dive rite)
Harness & simple weight pockets
Thermocline vest (neutrally buoyant)
I use 2-3 kg of weight
Oceanic Accel fins (they are very light), 3mm booties
Alu 80 tank
Large-ish mask
With this setup, the wing has minimal/no air most of the time.
Initially, I tried placing the weight on the weight pockets. When in a horizontal position and staying still, I roll backwards (i.e. my feet sink). I have experimented with the position of my hands/legs, but no luck.
I tried placing a 2kg weight on the top tank band, and that fixed the problem. If I do that, the problem is that I have practically no ditchable weight.
Any ideas?
For reference, air consumption is fine (the limiting factor is usually NDL and time). Experience-wise, I have around 110 dives and have done up to the PADI rescue diver course. I'm a warm-water fish.
Spyros