DIR- Generic Carbon plates and Al plates and trim

[ginti]

The tail weight is there for trim. Otherwise i flip over.

If this is the case, maybe alu plate + tail would give you the right weight + right trim. However, I am curious: without tail, do you flip over just at the end of the dive, or always, or only at the beginning?

 

[LanceRiley]

If this is the case, maybe alu plate + tail would give you the right weight + right trim. However, I am curious: without tail, do you flip over just at the end of the dive, or always, or only at the beginning?

I flip over at around 120 bar.

 

[LanceRiley]

It does sound like you are overweight. If you change from steel to Ali/carb plate, you will help reduce that excess weight. But your trim will also change a bit. Last year I changed from a steel to Ali plate because my trim was impacted by being very head heavy. The ali plate with a light tail weight helped me achieve a better trim.

You will simply have to reevaluate your trim and any weight placement again, but it shouldn't be hard!

There was a nice post not long ago about achieving neutral trim: Fixing diver trim and weight placement

This is what i thought i would do.

I already have an alu plate. And yes im head heavy.

By making myself backplate light…. Hoping to make myself a bit feet heavy with tail weight