Bungied wing and balance with assymetrical load

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I never though about it until now and just curious.
I dive a DSS wing which is not bungied, when I'm loaded asymmetrically, say I have a full stage which is slightly negative and a reel on my left side, or when I have an empty stage which is positive I just roll towards the lighter side and the air moves to the heavier side which seem to gives more lift to the other side. And I'm balanced pretty much.

I never dove a bungied wing and just curious if it will allow to do the same ? Or the bungees will tend to equalize the air in all parts of the wing. I used to dive a bungied back inflated BC and no mater what I did I still felt the weight of my pony bottle to pull me on one side.
 
I never though about it until now and just curious.
I dive a DSS wing which is not bungied, when I'm loaded asymmetrically, say I have a full stage which is slightly negative and a reel on my left side, or when I have an empty stage which is positive I just roll towards the lighter side and the air moves to the heavier side which seem to gives more lift to the other side. And I'm balanced pretty much.

I never dove a bungied wing and just curious if it will allow to do the same ? Or the bungees will tend to equalize the air in all parts of the wing. I used to dive a bungied back inflated BC and no mater what I did I still felt the weight of my pony bottle to pull me on one side.

I'm not an expert on this, but I guess the influence should be minor. As the volume of air in your wing should be minor in your wing at dept, their should be spare volume in your wing without stretching your elastic.

If you face that problem, you can decrease the tension on your elastic a bit.
 

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