First dive in bp/w and long hose

[amascuba]

Hey bud,
I don't know anything about the OMS, though it looks like a nice wing. I have an eclipse wing you can try the next time we are out if you want to try it before making up your mind. How much lift is in the wing you have now? Is your STA weighted or unweighted? I do have an aluminum BP you can try too if you think it might make a difference.
That does sound like a significant amount of weight up high. Might want to try a weight belt, trim weights on lower tank bands, etc, to move some of that down. Also the twin jets are really lite, which doesn't help (I have a pair too, and see to have an even more pronounced head down position with them).

Hey Jason,

That would be great! I'd like to try out the eclipse wing next time we are out. My scubapro wing has 51 pounds of lift. It's basically the equivalent of the Diverite Rec wing. My STA is unweighted. I'll stick with the steel BP for the Blue Hole. I'll have enough exposure protection on and will probably need around 8 pounds in my belt and I'll use standard aluminum 80cf tanks, so that should take some of the weight from the steel tank off. Hopefully that will make a huge difference. If that helps I'll probably need to go with an aluminum BP for warmer waters where I don't need as much exposure protection. Thanks for the information and I'll see you in a couple weeks.

another thought is that i found i will float around in weird out-of-trim positions (ok, totally head down) if i *totally* relax. think of it this way - if you're standing up and *totally* relax, you'll slump to the ground in a puddle of limbs.

keep a normal amount of body tension without being tense, if you know what i mean. arch arch arch, head & feet up. it's ok in my opinion to touch your head to your valve as long as you know it's there & don't hit it hard enough to knock yourself out. consider cam band trim weights. think of all the fun you'll have diving lots & lots to get this all worked out!

I've noticed that too. I've noticed that in all the setup's that I've used though. Once you completely relax your body you will flip and rotate to a position where you heavy side of the body is pointing down and your lighter side is pointing up. In a BP/W it just so happens that you have so much weight up high that you nose dive. Thank's for the information!

 

[TSandM]

Interesting . . . if I go completely limp, I just hang in the water in pretty much the same position for quite a while. Maybe I'm not limp enough . . .

 

[amascuba]

Interesting . . . if I go completely limp, I just hang in the water in pretty much the same position for quite a while. Maybe I'm not limp enough . . .

Or maybe your completely balanced.