daniel f aleman
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In open water one should give up that horizontal trim, and be more three-quarters at least; always nice to see what's going on above...
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Bag size used by the student in the video? It looks bigger than a Halcyon "So You Can Pass Fundies" 3' bag, but smaller than a H 4.5' bag. 1/2 way out of the water is what...2' at best?
I'm not knocking pretty deployments as a training exercise, but when I'm coming up from a long, deep dive I want (1) everyone and their mother to be able to see my bag, especially if I'm drifting out in the middle of nowhere; and (2) all the lift I can get to hang under and as a hedge against wing failure, to hold a flooded DPV, whatever. If that means I move a bit up and down while deploying a 6' bag from 200' or more, I really couldn't care less so long as all 6' of the sausage comes out of the water like a Polaris missile on Viagra.
I shoot bags from about that depth. It does not take much air at all to have it show up on the surface in the full or nearly full condition. I really don't know what you are talking about.
Jim, I would have been proud to have my student do that skill to that level. Two foot of sausage is more visible than the average dive flag. On top of that, his trim and bottom awareness was impeccable. I look forward to seeing videos of Dr Lecter's students doing better. I'm sure he's not all mouth.