Buoyancy Adjustment?

[InWay2Deep]

I have a GO and have it setup the way I currently like it for freshwater diving. This is 2 Lights on the front, GoPro and a Petrel mounted up front. However with it setup this way when I come off the trigger it nose dives. With the lights removed and all weights removed it's perfectly balanced, so I can't move weight inside to adjust trim since there is none. Are there floats or anything made for DPV's I could add? I have some StiX floats for my camera setup that work well is there anything similar for DPV's?

 

[tursiops]

If I understand correctly, you remove lights and weights and it is balanced?
then, iIf you want to add the lights back, then you need to add STIX to balance out the lights, so you are adding lights+STIX=zero-weight. the STIX need to be co-located with the lights so they add neither weight nor upset the balance.

 

[InWay2Deep]

If I understand correctly, you remove lights and weights and it is balanced?
then, iIf you want to add the lights back, then you need to add STIX to balance out the lights, so you are adding lights+STIX=zero-weight. the STIX need to be co-located with the lights so they add neither weight nor upset the balance.

Right just the issue is there's no room for StiX I'm just using clamps directly to attach the lights.

 

[tursiops]

Right just the issue is there's no room for StiX I'm just using clamps directly to attach the lights.

How many STIX do you need to balance out your lights?

 

[InWay2Deep]

How many STIX do you need to balance out your lights?

2 for each light

 

[tursiops]

2 for each light

Are the lights on the GO bracket on the front? Can the STIX be attached there? It's ugly, but Duct tape works pretty good on them. At least for proof-of-concept.

 

[InWay2Deep]

Are the lights on the GO bracket on the front? Can the STIX be attached there? It's ugly, but Duct tape works pretty good on them. At least for proof-of-concept.

yes, they are and that's what I was messing around w/ just zip tying a few there and see how it goes. Was hoping there would be a more elegant solution though lol.

 

[tursiops]

yes, they are and that's what I was messing around w/ just zip tying a few there and see how it goes. Was hoping there would be a more elegant solution though lol.

A block of syntactic foam could be cut to size, bored out to fit that bracket cross-piece between the lights, cut in half to fit it on, and glued back together or clamped on with cable ties or screw-hose-clamps.

 

[tursiops]

A block of syntactic foam could be cut to size, bored out to fit that bracket cross-piece between the lights, cut in half to fit it on, and glued back together or clamped on with cable ties or screw-hose-clamps.

Actually, I don't like the idea of a block of foam on the front bracket; terrible addition to the drag. the lights are bad enough. It's your fore-aft trim that is the problem.

 

[happy-diver]

Strap an MSR bag to it chief and get the plastic tube thing for inflatio-deflatio