Wing Advice

Hi all,
Currently running a dive rite transpac with the jnr. wing for single
cylinder diving &I'm looking to get a wing for twin 12 & stages for the Uk.
I used to have a twinbladder superwing, but thought this was a bit over the
top.
My main question is will either the rec. wing or classic be enough, or will
I need to go back to the superwing?

As a by the way, thanks to all who replied on the torches thread, I am now
the proud owner of a greenforce F2 umblical with tristar diamond head!!
cheers
--
Nige
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"Nige" <nigel@SUNGLASSEShamlinawards.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> As a by the way, thanks to all who replied on the torches thread, I am now
> the proud owner of a greenforce F2 umblical with tristar diamond head!!
> cheers

Nice bit of kit mate - I've got one myself! I also bought the 100w HID
'Impact' head for when I need a little bit more light...

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:41:23 -0000, "Nige"
<nigel@SUNGLASSEShamlinawards.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Hi all,
>Currently running a dive rite transpac with the jnr. wing for single
>cylinder diving &I'm looking to get a wing for twin 12 & stages for the Uk.
>I used to have a twinbladder superwing, but thought this was a bit over the
>top.
>My main question is will either the rec. wing or classic be enough, or will
>I need to go back to the superwing?

Classic will be fine - its probably the most common wing round here
(definitely is in my house, we;'ve got two)

Pete
diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:43:11 +0000, Pete Melbourne <psmvsl@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Classic will be fine

Seconded as long as you aren't going to use steel 12s as stages IMNSHO

Scotty (ex Classic user)

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:48:47 -0000, "Bardo" <anon@anon.com> wrote:

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>"Nige" <nigel@SUNGLASSEShamlinawards.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>
>> As a by the way, thanks to all who replied on the torches thread, I am now
>> the proud owner of a greenforce F2 umblical with tristar diamond head!!
>> cheers
>
>Nice bit of kit mate - I've got one myself! I also bought the 100w HID
>'Impact' head for when I need a little bit more light...

....and a hammer


Laz

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Mark Scott-Simons <x@x.x> wrote:


> Seconded as long as you aren't going to use steel 12s as stages IMNSHO

I thought a Classic would be fine for this? DiveRite claim the classic can
support twin 16s and an 11l stage and the Rec Wing can support the twin 16s
without the stage.

Is the marketing spin that short of what you can practically do? (I'm
considering a Rec Wing or Classic for a bit of twins and a single stage
diving).

Cheers,

Nick

On 03 Nov 2003 11:46:51 GMT, Nick Bown <nbown@nospamthanks.ixcg.com>
wrote:

>Mark Scott-Simons <x@x.x> wrote:
>
>
>> Seconded as long as you aren't going to use steel 12s as stages IMNSHO
>
>I thought a Classic would be fine for this? DiveRite claim the classic can
>support twin 16s and an 11l stage and the Rec Wing can support the twin 16s
>without the stage.

Are they steel or Ali cylinders, also are they US or EU? I imagine US
manufacture from the sizes these tend to have slightly better buoyancy
characteristics than higher pressure EU cylinders.

My comment though is based on my experience with a classic wing and
having to use steel 10L stages. It could only just keep me afloat at
the start of the dive (and I wasn't wearing a weight belt)

>Is the marketing spin that short of what you can practically do? (I'm
>considering a Rec Wing or Classic for a bit of twins and a single stage
>diving).

It'll happily cope with that.

Scotty

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Nige <nigel@SUNGLASSEShamlinawards.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
> Currently running a dive rite transpac with the jnr. wing for single
> cylinder diving &I'm looking to get a wing for twin 12 & stages for the
Uk.
> I used to have a twinbladder superwing, but thought this was a bit over
the
> top.
> My main question is will either the rec. wing or classic be enough, or
will
> I need to go back to the superwing?
>
Thanks for the replies.
Going for a classicwing, bit more lift than the rec, but no bungee cords.

thanks again
Nige

Mark Scott-Simons <x@x.x> wrote:
> On 03 Nov 2003 11:46:51 GMT, Nick Bown <nbown@nospamthanks.ixcg.com>
> wrote:

> Are they steel or Ali cylinders, also are they US or EU? I imagine US
> manufacture from the sizes these tend to have slightly better buoyancy
> characteristics than higher pressure EU cylinders.

Sorry, should have made this clear; Faber 12l twinset and whatever stages
are handy.

> My comment though is based on my experience with a classic wing and
> having to use steel 10L stages. It could only just keep me afloat at
> the start of the dive (and I wasn't wearing a weight belt)

I was thinking of using this mainly for short dives and holiday work. When
I start racking up that kind of deco I'll go for something a bit larger

> It'll happily cope with that.

Excellent. Thanks for the info

Nick

Nick.

I used mine with twin 104's (16.7L steels) and an Al80 as a stage (about
11), it was FINE.

Of course, if you want to use the wrong stages with it, you'll have to buy a
small zodiac as your wing ;)

/Zak