Fr8dawg
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Hey guys, I need some help/advice. Got the torus 17 and need some advice on how I should set it up with regards to spacing between the inflator elbow and my first stage. As you can see in the pics, the elbow being centered causes it to contact the first stage. and makes the top of the wing sort of fold down. Not sure if this is a problem, but it seems to put a lot of strain on the elbow itself and the bladder, especially when the wing is fully inflated. I tried setting the tank higher (wing lower), but any higher and I hit my head on the first stage. I have dove it this way for 6 dives dives last weekend, but I am slightly concerned. Anyone have any advice? How do you set yours up? i wish the hose was offset to the left a little! Who vents with the hose anyway? thats what the butt dump is for! Anyway, great backplate and wing nontheless... Heck maybe this isnt even a problem at all, but sitting here looking at my rig and I thought I would post
pics:
you can see the top of the wing "folding" over the top of the backplate due to contact with first stage:

Untitled by flyNdive02, on Flickr
strain on the elbow connection?

Untitled by flyNdive02, on Flickr
wing fully inflated:

Untitled by flyNdive02, on Flickr
pics:
you can see the top of the wing "folding" over the top of the backplate due to contact with first stage:

Untitled by flyNdive02, on Flickr
strain on the elbow connection?

Untitled by flyNdive02, on Flickr
wing fully inflated:

Untitled by flyNdive02, on Flickr