To yellow blob or not?

[Gary K]

He was aiming for your head

well he did have a helmet on

[Woz]

I've seen a design with 3 bits of rod with clips on that you form a triangle out of then lob that over so you don't look quite so much of a twat walking round with a hula hoop.

Oooooo just had a thought- what about using those folding poles like what you get in tents- 3 of them together with bungee down the middle, a ring on one end and a boltsnap on the other. Unfold, clip and throw. It would even stow neatly down the snoopy loops on a drop tank cylinder.

I'm wasted on the internet. I should be an engineer. Oh- wait- I am.

[big_si]

Fook me, a 12l drop bottle! Seems a tad excessive, or are you going to stick two second stages on it in case you and your buddy are in shit street?

Yep, 2 x 2nd stages and suit inflate on it.
Is also going to be doubling up as an "almost" O2 kit (80%) using a rescuean just incase needed when away from a full O2 kit.

Is a 12L because I had a spare one laying around doing nowt.

[pieater]

Is a 12L because I had a spare one laying around doing nowt.

funny that - that's the reason mine's a 7l Ali!

[Morag]

A friendly skipper gave me one he had spare

I have a hula hoop on mine, and a 9m rope. Haivng discussed this with a few skippers, it seems to be the set-up of choice. They can drop the hoop over the DSMB's so no need to attached it, and it still drops close to the diver.

I'll post a pic later.

I'm intrigued by the hoola idea. Pics would be great!

Right......

This is how it looks.....



The idea is that the skipper can slip the hulahoop over the blob, which is attached to the green rope (9m and a bit), which is attached to the bottle. I used steel for two reasons. First, it is smaller than ali, and seconly, I think the negative buoyancy of the bottle would be easier to deal with than ali.

The green rope is also attached to the buoy, which I *know* (because we tested it) will support the weight of a full 7lsteel.

The buoy is also attached to the hulahoop.

I used bits from my spares box to make a sort of stage kit.

The pic shows it with one of my stage regs on it, I haven't decided whether it will have two second stages or one, I wasn't going to put a suit inflate on it, because of the difficulties it *could* cause someone who has the *other* type of suit inflation connector.

[Janos]

I've seen a design with 3 bits of rod with clips on that you form a triangle out of then lob that over so you don't look quite so much of a twat walking round with a hula hoop.

Oooooo just had a thought- what about using those folding poles like what you get in tents- 3 of them together with bungee down the middle, a ring on one end and a boltsnap on the other. Unfold, clip and throw. It would even stow neatly down the snoopy loops on a drop tank cylinder.

I'm wasted on the internet. I should be an engineer. Oh- wait- I am.

You should be in management - you've nicked my triangular deco trapeze idea and now you're trying to pass it off as your own. Oh- wait- you are...

Janos

Janos

[Gary K]

you need to do some weeding

[Morag]

you need to do some weeding

Are you offering?

[stevechesh]

you need to do some weeding

Are you offering?

[Lou]

How far down the line is the hoop? I was imagining it to be about halfway down, but it looks much closer to the buoy than that. If it were too close to the bouy I could foresee the SMB slipping out from under the hoop - is that something that is designed for?