Proper wing

[rockjock3]

I am preparing to get a Halcyon Eclipse wing setup. I am wondering if the 30# wing is right or the 40#. I carry only 6# of lead with my standard BC, wearing a 4/3 full-suit with al80 single. I am getting the AL BP versus the steel because I know I don't need the extra 3-4 lbs the SS BP offers. Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[JimC]

The 30# should be more than enough.

 

[Tavi]

It's up to you, but I recomend that beginners carry ditchable weight. For myself, I'd go with the SS BP and have no ditchable weight. The 30 should be plenty. I always carry a lift bag, Therefore I still have a means of buoyancy in case of a total wing failure.

 

[Jason B]

Yeah, I'd go with a SS also as I'd rather have the weight on my back instead of on my hips.

 

[H2Andy]

i'd triple the SS idea

if you can get rid of weight by spreading it over your back, it's a win-win situation

the 30 should be plenty

 

[Humuhumunukunukuapua'a]

Ditto on the SS. I have SS because I dive cold at home, but I just took it to Coz for a week, wore no other weight, and it was great having all weight on my back. Very easy to get into trim position. I also carry a SMB with plent of lift in case of wing failure.

30 pounds should be fine with warm water exposure protection. It's really your exposure protection that dictates wing size.

 

[rockjock3]

I carry 6# with a jacket style BC. I will probably drop most if not all of that by going to the BP. That was the reason that I chose the Al BP because if I chose the SS BP I would be adding more to my negative state and not be able to do anything about it except for putting additional air in my bc.

I know that my jacket bc is positive and the BP is negative in the water and that difference is fairly big. I am figuring that the AL BP/w will be more than enough for me to drop that 6# that I carry right now. I didn't want to end up with a situation where as I was overly negative and had to add air to the wing to be neutral at the surface.

I also have the 6' Halcyon Super-Big SMB which also offers 52# lift if I had failure of my wing.

By the way thanks for that thought. I would have probably sat on the bottom and drowned if my wing ever failed. I never even thought of the SMB also being a backup bouyancy device.

P.S. That 6# in my jacket BC is by doing a traditional bouyancy check at the surface. I do the check with 400-500psi in my tank and I could probably do with onlu 4-5# in a traditional BC setup.

 

[rockjock3]

My main concern was if the 30# was more than adequate.

 

[scubafool]

If you carry 6 pounds of lead now, and figuring on the outside 6 lbs of negative bouyancy for an Al 80 when full, throw in another 1lb negative for your regulator, then another 2 lbs for grins, giggles, knives, etc, the BC, should only have to overcome about 15 lbs of negative bouyancy.

I have a 45 lb single wing, but it is WAY more wing than I need.

 

[terrasmak]

If you carry 6 pounds of lead now, and figuring on the outside 6 lbs of negative bouyancy for an Al 80 when full, throw in another 1lb negative for your regulator, then another 2 lbs for grins, giggles, knives, etc, the BC, should only have to overcome about 15 lbs of negative bouyancy.

I have a 45 lb single wing, but it is WAY more wing than I need.

Im thinking this really doesnt add up , you also forgot the +8 for the suit he is wearing