How to setup your DIR Harness and wing Configuration
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- čas přidán 10. 05. 2020
- This is the first installment of a 3 part video on how to set up your DIR twinset
The second video is about regulators watch it here: • How to configure your ...
The third video is about how to put all your accessories on and how to get out of your DIR harness in the water. : • How to set up a DIR tw...
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A very clear and thorough presentation on setting up a backplate and wing BCD system. Much appreciated...and I'm impressed the Danish presenter knows and used English slang "thing-ga-ma-bob" correctly!
For those of us that use a weight belt, the DIR waist band buckle must open to the left, opposite of the weight belt buckle that opens to the right...great videos and information...thanks.
As someone who is about to attend a Fundamentals Course, this really helped me out! Thank you for your effort!
You're very welcome!
Great video! (The guy on the tree in the background...priceless:-) )
This is awesome information, I learned a lot. Love all the little mentions about DIR. Thank you!
Great video thank you very much. Fantastic information and delivery is spot on. Been using my Halcyon wing for a couple of years but learnt a few tips from you.
This is incredibly helpful, thank you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! Just getting into tech diving I am grateful for any current videos I am in same situation as Dean is below just got my TDI intro to tech and got SSI dry suit before shutdown
Ivory Johnson if you ever seek further training, look up a Local UTD Instructor. You will not be disappointed
Great video, much appreciated 👍 👏 👌
Nice video, with lots of information.
Thank you!
Great video. But need to work on sound quality!
Another great video Ben. Any suggestions to someone with a long torso? My hip straps are quite high related to my hips.
Hi Chris, I know many divers who are tall and dive a standard backplate. There are some longer options on the market. But I guess it's trying to find the sweet spot between the length of your shoulder straps and make sure the shoulder straps are not too tight.
For the wings with multiple mounting holes what's your recommendation for choosing which set of holes
Excellent as usual Ben. For getting out of the harness in the water do you prefer putting your hands close to your chest and out or pulling the harness off via the longhose etc.? I find he latter doesn’t work as well for removal in the water
Yes, that is also an option, I just feel more control by putting my hands through first, instead of my shoulders, also I find the risk of my gauges getting caught less likely. But in the end its all good, if you get out, your out :-)
Can you cover how to clean equipment with DIN fittings since they don’t have a rubber cover like yoke style I have dust covers but didn’t want anything going back in them
Ivory Johnson i leave my regulators on my set and keep them pressurized when rinsing. When I am done I take the pressure off and unscrew the DIN with one turn to relieve the stress on the O-ring. This way it's highly unlikely debris or contaminants will get into the first stage. However the thread can sometimes accumulate son lime scales and you can get rid of that with a brush and some citric acid dissolved in water. I'll do a video on that in the future. Good idea!!
Hi Ben, who makes your 2kg tail weight? That's a perfect size for me. Currently using a pouch, but can only get 4lbs in the pouch...
Can't remember, but a search online might help.
Hello. Minute 31:43 of your video, you explain the importance of having a shorter hose to vent gas. What I don’t understand is this: how are you going to be able to raise that hose to vent gas, if it’s under a bungee that doesn’t have that much play? The height of the hose (I.e.how much you can raise it) is restricted by the bungee keeping it streamlined to you. Explain please. Thanks
yes, the longer the hose the more it creates a sifon, its has more to do with your body position than the length of the hose. Plus we rarely use the hose for dumping under water only on the surface. Under water we try to use the dump valve on the bottom left of the wing. But good idea for a video, stay tuned to this channel. Ill post on about this subject.
@@UTD_ScubaDiving understand fully once underwater just unaware how to do it given this constraint. You would have to have the inflator out of the lanyard, and secure once descent has begun.
hello, whats the wing capacity recomendation for twin cylinders, dry suit , air, no stages ?
That is a very good question, and probably warrants it's own video. So stay tuned for that. But the short answer is that the wing or any BC for that matter has 4 jobs.
1: cary the weight of the gas in your cylinders underwater.
2: keep the diver positive at the surface
3: keep the equipment positive when floating on the surface separate from the diver
4: compensate for wetsuit compression
So it depends on the total weight of your kit :
Cylinders
Regs
Backplate
Integrated none-ditchable weight
Light or heating canisters
And don't forget the weight of the gas.
You can test your kits weight by submerging your complete setup. Holding it with a string and a suitcase scale.
So make sure the wing can carry this on the surface at the beginning of the dive. And don't go overboard with wingsize. To big becomes a hassle under water.
@@UTD_ScubaDiving Thats quite a good idea with a suitcase scale. I've just checked, you can have one for 10 dollars.
Thanks for sharing. Can't beat the KISS/Hogarthian principle ............(Keep It Simple Stupid!)
Is that a 18 or 27 KG lift wing
Bruno is right. It's a 40lbs. ( a word of caution, when you dive with air or Nitrox and your tanks are full. Your set will not float on it's own )
I have a question,sir:
I dive warm water daily(Aruba),rashguard ,shorts,3mm wetsuit sometimes.
I use a Scubapro Hydros pro(back inflation)
2pounds weight w shorts
4pounds with the wetsuit.
I want to get a backplate and wing to start my tech training.
My question:
Aluminium back plate with P-weight?
Or Steel backplate with no weights?
Single tank diving
Hi DOHCG, thanks for your question.
The wing should under water only cary the weight of the gas in your cylinders.
At the shallow depths 10-18m 60ft. You carry detachable weight to offset the gas weight, should your wing fail at the beginning of the dive.
When we dive a thicker wetsuit (thicker usually than 3mm) the material compresses at depth and you compensate for this as well with the wing.
This is where you have to be careful. You are at risk to be so heavy that when your wing fails you can get safely to the surface. You might be able to ditch more weight if you have. But then you have a problem in the shallows.
Test it out by doing a dive in the setup you need for tech dives. With near empty tanks. You should be able to stay neutral in about 3m 10ft. Without gas in your wing.
But if you need more thermal protection consider a thin flexible Drysuit.
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