Hi Tobin,
Here's my situation and I'd like your opinion.
I'm a brand new diver and I want to learn/train in my own gear rather than something else. After a lot of research I've decided a DSS rig makes the most sense. I have my OW confined dives on Mon, Wed and Thurs of this coming week.
I'm 5'7", 160 lbs, and a bit buoyant but not very much so. Since I can't give real ballast numbers all I can say in this regard is this: I can swim pretty far underwater with full lungs and not tend to go up too much, I can float on the surface but do need to move my arms a bit to avoid sinking, I definately can not just sit on the bottom of a pool.
I will be doing Caribbean diving in a 3mil fullsuit (Bare velocity 3/2 - according to this years Scuba lab tests is 0# inherent boyancy) or possibly in swim trunks and tee shirt. My OW checkout dives will be in a fresh water with 7mil full suit. I expect that both times I will be diving with AL80s.
Using the "ultimate wing calculator" and the numbers for an AL80 from Luxfer, I'd need no lead and 17.8 lbs of lift diving bare and 15lbs of lead and 16.8lbs of lift in the 7 mill suit. So I'm figuring on a med SS plate, Hog harness and a 20#torus wing.
So the big questions are:
1.) Can you confirm the rig or suggest a better fit given I don't have real ballast numbers? Would it help if I checked my neutral balance in a pool with no scuba gear, just holding weights to see what it takes to sink me?
2.) If I order something Saturday afternoon (Eastern time) when can I get it in NJ?
Thanks,
Jim
Here's my situation and I'd like your opinion.
I'm a brand new diver and I want to learn/train in my own gear rather than something else. After a lot of research I've decided a DSS rig makes the most sense. I have my OW confined dives on Mon, Wed and Thurs of this coming week.
I'm 5'7", 160 lbs, and a bit buoyant but not very much so. Since I can't give real ballast numbers all I can say in this regard is this: I can swim pretty far underwater with full lungs and not tend to go up too much, I can float on the surface but do need to move my arms a bit to avoid sinking, I definately can not just sit on the bottom of a pool.
I will be doing Caribbean diving in a 3mil fullsuit (Bare velocity 3/2 - according to this years Scuba lab tests is 0# inherent boyancy) or possibly in swim trunks and tee shirt. My OW checkout dives will be in a fresh water with 7mil full suit. I expect that both times I will be diving with AL80s.
Using the "ultimate wing calculator" and the numbers for an AL80 from Luxfer, I'd need no lead and 17.8 lbs of lift diving bare and 15lbs of lead and 16.8lbs of lift in the 7 mill suit. So I'm figuring on a med SS plate, Hog harness and a 20#torus wing.
So the big questions are:
1.) Can you confirm the rig or suggest a better fit given I don't have real ballast numbers? Would it help if I checked my neutral balance in a pool with no scuba gear, just holding weights to see what it takes to sink me?
2.) If I order something Saturday afternoon (Eastern time) when can I get it in NJ?
Thanks,
Jim