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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] (Bob Cooper @ Feb. 14 2004,18:33)] |
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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]but if you loose the RHP (a likely scenario), you loose your primary buoyancy device (wing), to get the wing back again, you simply plug the suit inflator into the wing and bingo! At this point, you don't need the suit inflator because you are heading up. Also, you can orally inflate the wing. |
Okey dokey. Leaving aside the "your going up anyway" bit, lets just imagine for whatever reason you need to use wing, say a casualty lift for example.
So you've lost your RHP which is more likely than losing the LHP, you've got two options to get your primary buoancy back! Orally inflate or disconnect/connect. Isn't it much easier to just have the wing connected to the LHP in the first place? You've said the suit inflator is pointless anyway, so why not have that on the now pointless post? It seems to me that there's an extra task being added in the middle of the situation that could have been easily prevented by just having the wing on the LHPO.
You've given ways to remedy the situation that would arise from having it the DIR way round but no real reason (a) why it is that way or (b)why it shouldn't be the other way!
Another thing, surely the hose routing would be easier and neater if both wing and suit hoses were going straight down to the relevant bits as opposed to criss-crossing behind you. Less stress at the 1st stage ports.
Peter