Judgung by the smallness of my wings, I am guessing that I have 24 lbs of lift. I have had moments where I struggled with positive bouyancy (not always and not often) when I am underwater. When I surface I have the BCD fully inflated. Once I over inflated it to the point where I could hear air weezing out the back. I had 3 layers of undergarments under my Whites Nexus Shell drysuit: My whites l;ong johns, my thermo shirt (62% merino, 38% polyester),my thermo pants (same fabric composition as the top, and my O'Neill thermo top (90% polyolefin, 10% spandex, all other panels containing 56% polyester, 35% nylon and 9% spandex).
I have tried the bouyancy test a week ago for the first time in my new BCD. My hed I think goes under. The top of my head barely makes it out of the surface. I found it hard to keep my feet vertical because I was wearing a back wingplate so I am not sure how I should really hold my legs.
I am worried that I may ascend too rapidly if I am not overweighted right now. Until I work out all my bouyancy kinks that happen from time to time.
I have uploaded the front and back view of my BCD on my profile page for you to view.
