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Keep your questions comming we all learn from them
Keep your questions comming we all learn from them
I have lots of questions...
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sharpenu
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"However when you want to surface, you add more air to your BC. If you want to go deeper, you let air out of your BC. "
That statement is incorrect. Adding and subtracting air in your BC should only be done to maintain neutral bouyancy. Adding air during ascent is especially dangerous, as the added air in addition to the air expanding on your ascent will result in an uncontrolled, overly rapid bouyant ascent. Once you are neutrally bouyant, all that is needed to change depth is to swim up or down at the appropriate speed.
That statement is incorrect. Adding and subtracting air in your BC should only be done to maintain neutral bouyancy. Adding air during ascent is especially dangerous, as the added air in addition to the air expanding on your ascent will result in an uncontrolled, overly rapid bouyant ascent. Once you are neutrally bouyant, all that is needed to change depth is to swim up or down at the appropriate speed.
MNScuba
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Thanks for correcting me, glad you caught that.
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