Mach V on DSS/Hog Setup

[GreenDiverDown]

but I might remind you and all, I am not the one with the tank hitting me in the head--vintage or modern or otherwise. You guys are.

Actually... CrazyMike is the one with the tank hitting him in the head. Most of us using a plate and an STA are doin' just fine, thanks. I must have plates, STAs, and wings from half a dozen different manufacturers and I don't have to do any mods with any of them. Like most folks, I have my tank in the proper position that allows me to manipulate the valve and some how I manage to do this without any knots on my head.

I like my STAs... unmolested... just like they came when I bought 'em. I wouldn't dive a single cylinder without one.

 

[Nemrod]

Please don't take this as an argument just because I prefer a STA and many people do as well. I wonder why as Tobin states and he is CORRECT, his plate and many others do have the camband slots in the correct place so one must ask---why don't they put the slots correctly placed in the STA as well for those who prefer a STA--I think that question pretty much returns us to the OP. He wants to use a STA with the camband slots correctly positioned.

As to molesting, the slots I cut were done with a high speed carbide wheel and drill and are essentiually undistinguishable from the originals. I work on turbine engines that people like you fly behind, I don't do hack work, if I did people would die.

N

 

[GreenDiverDown]

I was joking, Nem. What you did with your STA looked great. I can do just about anything with wood...but metal? Eh... I find it a bit intimidating. I've always admired guys that could work with that stuff.

 

[GreenDiverDown]

Oh... and I agree with you... if the slots on standard STAs were as you suggest, then it WOULD provide a bit more latitude for cylinder height. In my experience, however, I just don't NEED that.

 

[Nemrod]

I like your hat, where can I get one--lol? N

 

[GreenDiverDown]

I think a feller as handy as you with a gun and a knife ought to be able to wrassle up his own coon skin cap... just gotta go sniff around the hills of Ole Kentuck.

 

[judestudio]

Since you already have the DSS Kydex BP, if you buy the new Oxycheq Mach V wing with cam slots, it will work just fine with the DSS Kydex BP, and you won't need a STA. Just remember not to overtighten the cam bands because the Kydex will bend outward towards the tank a little.

So has anyone tried the "new" Mach V with camband slots with a DSS plate (without using a STA)? How's that working?