OMS wings

[matt t.]

I have a 45 lb lift bungeed wing as do a few of my buddies. For all of the "possible" problems you hear about NONE of us has had any. Try one out you'll like it.

SCUBAROO, I can see your point about the right shoulder dump chord/ball. I'm removing mine. Can't reach it anyway. Thanks.

Matt

 

[ColdH20diving]

The incident on the boat could have been avoided if diver or his buddy did an equipment check as they should have. Can't blame that on the BCD, no equipment is idiot proof.

 

[Scubaroo]

ColdH20diving once bubbled...
The incident on the boat could have been avoided if diver or his buddy did an equipment check as they should have. Can't blame that on the BCD, no equipment is idiot proof.

Agreed, which is why I listed "more careful gear prep including a buddy check" as the first of three possibilities that would have avoided the incident.

 

[metridium]

ScoobieDooo wrote...
No, but an STA makes mounting a single tank much more solid. Some folks have said that w/o the STA its not rigid enough to keep the tank firmly in place. I agree. STA only adds about 2# to the rig, I believe.

I have no reason to doubt those reports, but that's not been my experience. As long as I'm careful to wet the bands before tightening and locking them into place, the tank doesn't move.

My first BP required an STA, so I have a basis for comparison.

BTW, if I didn't tighten the wingnuts on the STA every couple of dives, they would eventually work themselves loose enough for the tank to shift around.

 

[ColdH20diving]

Scubaroo once bubbled...
[ Point still is though that the bungees allowed it to happen in the first place.

This where I don't agree, bungees were not the problem. This diver just didn't check or have someone check his gear before entering the water. That's basic open water stuff. What if the guy was wearing a dry suit and didn't get it zipped all the way flooding is suit when he entered the water. Are we going to blame the zipper? It's okay to disagree, that's how things change and become better, if we didn't we'd all be DIR. ( they have some good ideas, just having fun)

 

[ScoobieDooo]

I agree,
ANY BC is going to dump air if the dump valve cord is held open. So would a Halcyon as well. If one is concerned over this, its an easy affair to remove the ball on the end of the cord on OMS' dump valves.

 

[Dryglove]

ColdH20diving once bubbled...

Scubaroo once bubbled...
[ Point still is though that the bungees allowed it to happen in the first place.

What if the guy was wearing a dry suit and didn't get it zipped all the way flooding is suit when he entered the water. Are we going to blame the zipper?

The difference is a drysuit zipper is a necessity, bungee cords on your wing arent.Maybe someone should experiment with bungee on their drysuit to help squeeze out all of the excess air and be more streamlined cause all the folds are held close to the body.Any takers?

 

[ScoobieDooo]

Well,
I aue that they are necessary, as my old wing w/o them trapped air constantly that I wasn't able to get to vent out - unless I twisted my body left side up or rear end up to get all the air over near the dump valves.

 

[Dryglove]

ScoobieDooo once bubbled...
Well,
I aue that they are necessary, as my old wing w/o them trapped air constantly that I wasn't able to get to vent out - unless I twisted my body left side up or rear end up to get all the air over near the dump valves.

So it sounds like they used bungee to overcome the flaw of a poorly designed air trapping wing.They created a problem trying to fix a problem.

 

[ScoobieDooo]

I hate to tell you bud, but it was the Halcyon that was tarpping air.