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  1. 10-05-06 08:43 PM #1
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    a little tinker

    in the garage and i got twin indy 12l on me buddy stab.
    don't now if i dare use it like this.
    bloody heavy.how much weight shall i take off it i get the balls to jump in with it?
    less is more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mala
    in the garage and i got twin indy 12l on me buddy stab.
    don't now if i dare use it like this.
    bloody heavy.how much weight shall i take off it i get the balls to jump in with it?
    You should be ok with twins on a buddy jacket.

    You may be surprised how little weight you need to take off. Obviously you don't have a steel backplate and the bouyancy characteristics of the cylinders in water mean that although your set will be a lot heavier that does not translate whilst in water.

    It would help to have more details, what type of cylinders, what type of suit etc.

    You will probably find a difference of only 2 - 3 kg
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    Quote Originally Posted by onthetrain
    You should be ok with twins on a buddy jacket.

    You may be surprised how little weight you need to take off. Obviously you don't have a steel backplate and the bouyancy characteristics of the cylinders in water mean that although your set will be a lot heavier that does not translate whilst in water.

    It would help to have more details, what type of cylinders, what type of suit etc.

    You will probably find a difference of only 2 - 3 kg
    all my kit will be the same exept 1 extra faber 12l 232 and 1 extra first stage.
    less is more.
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    weighting

    have you seen the site that gives you buoyancy info for cylinders?

    http://www.subaqua.co.uk/cgi-bin/cylinder-buoyancy.cgi


    it may help
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    Quote Originally Posted by ibbo
    have you seen the site that gives you buoyancy info for cylinders?

    http://www.subaqua.co.uk/cgi-bin/cylinder-buoyancy.cgi


    it may help
    cheers ibbo.
    usefull stuff, but theory is one thing and reality is something much wetter
    less is more.
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    I don't know if in your area it is possible to do it but a shore "dive" (having someone to hand you extra weights if needed) with near empty tanks (in order to adjust buoyancy in the most "vulnerable" state that of ending a deco dive), would solve a lot of guess work and then some...
    as in the strengh of a BUDDY jacket, I have being using my BUDDY COMMANDO with 12ltr Heiser 250Bar indies since 1989, and still dive the BCD... (Although I have changed to isolating manifold some years back- Was using steel tank bands from the beggining).
    If the strengh of recent BUDDY BCD's is anywere near the quality of these years, there is NO problem handling twin 12's in any way...
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