The bladder under the rails is a bad idea as it will cause issues as you inflate the wing.
It is a 43# lift wing.. I find no difference in the rails with regard to level of inflation. Are you adjusted properly? What issues are you having?
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The bladder under the rails is a bad idea as it will cause issues as you inflate the wing.
It is a 43# lift wing.. I find no difference in the rails with regard to level of inflation. Are you adjusted properly? What issues are you having?
Hmm. I never notice anything in mine regardless of level of inflation... at the lower end of inflation, if diving just primary steel SM tanks, the rails shouldn't move as the wing is only partially inflated over the lower back. If diving AL, the wing has even less gas in it, so there shouldn't be any shifting of the buttplate, or atleast not to a noticeable level.
When I have multiple stages on the additional weight would keep them from moving noticeably. For me personally I don't seem to have any this problem. What rig are you diving instead?
As mentioned, it is definitely flimsier. I'm not sure if it has changed much over the years, but we had a couple when they first came out. We had an issue with the nuts and bolts tearing through the webbing (which could have been solved by adding washers). Not the best for adding d-rings to the waist belt because of the rivets. They did come with oversize plastic tri-glides, but I trust metal more. Definitely not the best if you need to add weights.Does anyone else have experience with the Hog Sidemount Rig? The price is very attractive..
Oh, well then the wing you have isn't really what you need, as it is a back mount wing. If you want to turn a transpac into a sidemount system, you are better off using the Nomad XT wing.
Without going into tons of detail, you need a wing with the lift on the lower back, bungees to keep it compact and hold your lift there, etc. The wing you have won't do any of that without heavy modification, and then still won't be as good as a wing meant for SM.
But maybe this guy could teach you in a donut wing, I hear he is an excellent SM instructor Anyway, all jokes aside, you really do need a wing meant for SM to properly do SM, a rig designed for it will be way better than modification of a back mount system.
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