Dry suit conversion

Paul Lynch wrote:
> Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold water
> to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?
>
>
Are we talking about these "body bags with a hole for your face" immersion
suits? I think they might be excessively bouyant.

No, a real dry suit.

I dropped it off at my LDS today for replacing the seals and installing some
used valves. A bit of a gamble, but if it works I save a lot compared to a
new dry suit.


"Ron Natalie" <ron@sensor.com> wrote in message
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> Paul Lynch wrote:
>> Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold
>> water to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?
> Are we talking about these "body bags with a hole for your face" immersion
> suits? I think they might be excessively bouyant.

On 2005-04-05 05:00:46 -0700, "Paul Lynch" <pkpilot@cox.com> said:

> No, a real dry suit.
>
> I dropped it off at my LDS today for replacing the seals and installing
> some used valves. A bit of a gamble, but if it works I save a lot
> compared to a new dry suit.
>
>
> "Ron Natalie" <ron@sensor.com> wrote in message
> news:4252466a$0$5827$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com ...
>> Paul Lynch wrote:
>>> Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold
>>> water to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?
>> Are we talking about these "body bags with a hole for your face" immersion
>> suits? I think they might be excessively bouyant.

A friend of mine had one of those and he used to use it for working the
safety boat at large sailing events. He said it was a lot more
comfortable than the usual surface drysuits and it did the job well...

In article <H8c4e.155645$%U2.138575@lakeread01>, pkpilot@cox.com says...
>
>Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold water
>to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?
>

If it has some age to it the zipper will fail quickly. They get brittle
and crack. CWU/69 ?? Also, the seals are kind of 'iffy'. You see they
are cloth, coated with not exactly real latex. They kinda seep a bit, and
how wet you get depends on how long you stay in. I have been down the
road you are traveling. Gave my last anti-exposure suit away at a hamfest
(ham radio flea market), and I think the guy was one of those latex fetish
kinda folks.

My LDS is not having much luck with the seals. He can't get any adhesive to
work. So much for plan A...
"gudmundur" <hexter@blazenet.net> wrote in message
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> In article <H8c4e.155645$%U2.138575@lakeread01>, pkpilot@cox.com says...
>>
>>Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold
>>water
>>to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?
>>
>
> If it has some age to it the zipper will fail quickly. They get brittle
> and crack. CWU/69 ?? Also, the seals are kind of 'iffy'. You see they
> are cloth, coated with not exactly real latex. They kinda seep a bit, and
> how wet you get depends on how long you stay in. I have been down the
> road you are traveling. Gave my last anti-exposure suit away at a hamfest
> (ham radio flea market), and I think the guy was one of those latex fetish
> kinda folks.
>
>

My brothers in the navy and has one of those flight suits tried the same
thing you are thinking when we dove in lake Michigan last summer. worked ok
for about 5 mins and then started to leak. 30 mins into the dive we had to
give up the dive and try some thing else and that was running to the dive
shop and getting a 7mm wet suit to do the second dive. He was much happier.
When he came out of the the water he had over a gal. of water in each leg.

Paul Lathrop
"Paul Lynch" <pkpilot@cox.com> wrote in message
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> My LDS is not having much luck with the seals. He can't get any adhesive
to
> work. So much for plan A...
> "gudmundur" <hexter@blazenet.net> wrote in message
> news:115r4v37edq7s6f@corp.supernews.com...
> > In article <H8c4e.155645$%U2.138575@lakeread01>, pkpilot@cox.com says...
> >>
> >>Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold
> >>water
> >>to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?
> >>
> >
> > If it has some age to it the zipper will fail quickly. They get brittle
> > and crack. CWU/69 ?? Also, the seals are kind of 'iffy'. You see they
> > are cloth, coated with not exactly real latex. They kinda seep a bit,
and
> > how wet you get depends on how long you stay in. I have been down the
> > road you are traveling. Gave my last anti-exposure suit away at a
hamfest
> > (ham radio flea market), and I think the guy was one of those latex
fetish
> > kinda folks.
> >
> >
>
>

Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold water
to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?

"Paul Lynch" <pkpilot@cox.com> wrote in message
news:H8c4e.155645$%U2.138575@lakeread01...
> Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold
water
> to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?

Got any information on this suit?

URLs?

Not really. Government issued drysuit for flying fighters over cold water.
Outer layer is nomex, lined with some waterproof material, standard drysuit
zippers, rubber socks and laytex (?) seals.

"Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick" <Buzcutt454@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Paul Lynch" <pkpilot@cox.com> wrote in message
> news:H8c4e.155645$%U2.138575@lakeread01...
>> Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold
> water
>> to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?
>
> Got any information on this suit?
>
> URLs?
>
>

No, a real dry suit.

I dropped it off at my LDS today for replacing the seals and installing some
used valves. A bit of a gamble, but if it works I save a lot compared to a
new dry suit.


"Ron Natalie" <ron@sensor.com> wrote in message
news:4252466a$0$5827$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com ...
> Paul Lynch wrote:
>> Any inputs on converting a military dry suit used for flying over cold
>> water to a diving dry suit? Is it as simple as installing valves?
> Are we talking about these "body bags with a hole for your face" immersion
> suits? I think they might be excessively bouyant.