Counterbalance

[samdive]

just another thought on the waist lanyard/wrist lanyard debate...

I have been wearing mine on my wrist recently but in Dahab we were recommended to put it on the weightbelt - for training (not for competitions). That way, you are happier to ditch your weight belt on a trouble some ascent as it will stay on the plate and you won't lose it! Made sense to me... mine is moving to my belt for now! Has anyone tried a counterbalance with the lanyard on the belt? is it really that much slower?

 

[samdive]

our counterweight is now working but we're not sure how fast it should come up - does anyone have an opinion on that?

At the moment it is running at just over 1m per second with no diver on it. I guess it needs to be a bit faster.....

Panos - how quick does the Greek comp one work?

 

[Ben Gowland]

1 m/s with no diver will equate to very little with a diver. I think you'll need to add a heap more weight. I remember playing with the counterbalance system in Dorothea and we couldn't believe how much lead was needed.

Could you triple it? Would the rig take that?

 

[samdive]

yeah we can quadruple it if we need to! its all mounted on our pontoon - will give it a go