Wings of death?

[pipedope]

Hmmmmm,

Bungies that are too tight can kill you.
A hood that is too tight can kill you.
A wet suit that is too tight can kill you.
A dry suit that is too tight can kill you.

Nearly anything used by divers, if improperly adjusted, attached, or misused can kill.

As for that reference to something on www.aquanaut.com how about a more direct reference? I went to the site but most of the links give the 404 message. The newsgroup archives are gone and there are at least three other archives that require a search and without at least a subject line for the thread I simply don't have the time to search through everything.

Bungied wings can be dangerous or they can be safe, it all depends on how they are used. Just like everything else in diving (and life for that matter.)

 

[Uncle Pug]

Originally posted by NetDoc
Their trim is rock solid and they do not have the propensity to spin the diver over...

Especially with your personally perfected *vertical trim of smugness*

 

[O-ring]

Flacid Wings of Flailing

pete...you are killing me...I just spit coffee all over the place..

 

[TwoBitTxn]

Eric,

Your comment is interesting. My wings came unassembled and I had to assemble them myself. I read the instructions carefully before I touched anything then read them again as I was tying.

I can manually inflate the wings totally on the surface and I'll check if I can underwater when I get there. I will also be holding onto something when I do to prevent a runaway ascent.

Tom

 

[Iguana Don]

Originally posted by NetDoc
Only one out of the five negative responces indicated that they had used these wings at all. One made a vague reference to an apocryphal posting somewhere on some other board, and the others just plain don't like them. So, if 1/5 or 20% of all the stuff said about the bungeed wings is true, and that did not result in death or injury, well then, I still think I love them.

Pete,

I don't have to stick my hand in fire to know it's hot and I will get burned, I don't have to crash my truck into a brick wall to know I will get hurt. Just because we haven't used the BWOD doesn't mean that we can't accept the flaws in their design and gimmickery. OBTW, do they still come with the 24" inflator hose?

Don

 

[roakey]

Originally posted by Tom Vyles
Eric,

Your comment is interesting. My wings came unassembled and I had to assemble them myself. I read the instructions carefully before I touched anything then read them again as I was tying.

I can manually inflate the wings totally on the surface and I'll check if I can underwater when I get there. I will also be holding onto something when I do to prevent a runaway ascent.
Tom

Don't you bungee guys ever read what you're writing? No bungees, no assembly, no reading instructions carefully and no tying. No testing to see if you can manually inflate them and no need to also check underwater. No worry that some unnecessary piece of equipment is going to cause a runaway ascent.

But most importantly, no need for us to debate the issue if you'd only read your own posts and think about the ramifications.

Roak

 

[The Chairman]

Originally posted by Iguana Don
Just because we haven't used the BWOD doesn't mean that we can't accept the flaws in their design and gimmickery.?

Back in the very early 70's a car came in on a hook... to our surprise, it did not have a normal ignition... no points or condensor. It was the first time we ever saw electronic ignition. Charlie threw his hands in the air, and muttered something about having to become a "TV Repairman" to work on cars... little did we know, that the "gimmick" was about to become the norm. As an import specialist, I got to work on such exotic gimmicks as fuel injection WAY before they became main stream. While everyone was telling us about the increased fire hazard and what a gimmick they were, we just waited for the rest of the world to catch up.

Now, I am hearing the same thing about bungeed wings. Again, mostly by people who have dismissed them out of hand. They told me about the runaway deflation... and I nervously worried about it, until I had a puncture... no problems!!! I guess I will just have to wait for you guys to catch up once more... hurry up will ya? I am tired of waiting all of the time. :tease:

 

[Rick Murchison]

I dive the Dive-Rite Rec wing, which has a bungee on the underside of the wing for control, but doesn't wrap around or squeeze the wing. Could this arrangement be the best of both worlds? Or the worst?
Standing by for broadsides from both directions.
OBTW... I like 'em.
Rick

 

[SteveW]

I know you don't have to put your head in a fire to know its hot, I guess that kinda started the question. Enough people have been burned or hurt in truck accidents to prove the outcome. Since bungee wings are argued with the same degree of certainty as burns and wrecks I wondered if divers were dropping like flys. In theory the problems seem valid but what is the reality.

 

[Lost Yooper]

Hey Rick,

It was the bungies on a Dive Rite Rec wing that managed to find a nail to snag on. Thus ended the bungies on that wing.

Mike

Pete, how did you managed to poke hole in you OMS wing underwater?