Hey CD, yes it's just numbers, you're correct. None of it is compicated, what a lot of it is from a field useability stand-point is nonsensically and needlessly overly complicated, because you've now made it that way because of the choices being employed.
What Ross hasn't yet designed into his V-planner program is an arm that'll come out of the computer and smack someone for running such a profile.
Next time I see him I'm going to ask him why.
What the program is whispering to you, which is probably why you don't see (hear) it, is that diving a simple 32 over that sweet 39 mix on that 80ft dive is that by somehow believing you've gain some huge NDL benefit, which you haven't, as it's pretty obvious that how myself and I would assume most of us dive is that you're doing a 3min S/Stop anyway, so the reality is you've theoretically gain what, 2-3mins?......well OK if you think that means much, fill your boots because click that ascent speed or Conservatism button one notch and you'll see that either way you play it, getting on the boat after a 3 min S/S on either gas certainly is no violation of anything.
OK that's nonsense is cleared up, you've gained "hypothetical nothing" for NDL.
What you've probably never had happen to you, which IS a real concern, is 02 stress loading on your body, because believe it or not, as much as 02 is your friend, he ain't given anything away for free.
If you think an hour straight of 1.3+ vs. 1.0+ means nothing, you'd be seriously wrong. If you think you can't get a fair amount of 02 burn within the table limits, you'd be wrong again. I've seen it happen first hand, and WELL within the 02 exposure limits.
So basically you're seriously abusing your body with 02 for nothing gained in return.
You've basically added far more 02 loading than you ever needed to abuse yourself with.
Heck, you may as well have done a deep trimix dive and then run your last stops for 20mins on pure 02 plus previous deco gases "abuse" since you've done such a fine job of ramping the loading up so much. What's worse is you did it on a rec dive where in 1 hr you'll be doing it yet again!
Not to mention you have to use V-planner to figure out all your NDL's for all the best mix gases you choose to run anyway, so in the end it's a Cluster F* of various NDL calcs, PPO2's, MOD's, all needlessly complicating, however small (OR NOT as you've seen) what should be a fun and easy day of diving. Where's my table, which table, what's my this, what's my that.........horse-feathers!
It's really tough to not to have to lug all the software, tables etc around, and to not worry about going to site "B" vs. "A" because my mix is too hot, but we must endure
There's lots more to add here.......but not today, as that should be enough to make one think for a while.
Don't sweat it Dave, agreeance is not mandatory.
Regards
What Ross hasn't yet designed into his V-planner program is an arm that'll come out of the computer and smack someone for running such a profile.
Next time I see him I'm going to ask him why.
What the program is whispering to you, which is probably why you don't see (hear) it, is that diving a simple 32 over that sweet 39 mix on that 80ft dive is that by somehow believing you've gain some huge NDL benefit, which you haven't, as it's pretty obvious that how myself and I would assume most of us dive is that you're doing a 3min S/Stop anyway, so the reality is you've theoretically gain what, 2-3mins?......well OK if you think that means much, fill your boots because click that ascent speed or Conservatism button one notch and you'll see that either way you play it, getting on the boat after a 3 min S/S on either gas certainly is no violation of anything.
OK that's nonsense is cleared up, you've gained "hypothetical nothing" for NDL.
What you've probably never had happen to you, which IS a real concern, is 02 stress loading on your body, because believe it or not, as much as 02 is your friend, he ain't given anything away for free.
If you think an hour straight of 1.3+ vs. 1.0+ means nothing, you'd be seriously wrong. If you think you can't get a fair amount of 02 burn within the table limits, you'd be wrong again. I've seen it happen first hand, and WELL within the 02 exposure limits.
So basically you're seriously abusing your body with 02 for nothing gained in return.
You've basically added far more 02 loading than you ever needed to abuse yourself with.
Heck, you may as well have done a deep trimix dive and then run your last stops for 20mins on pure 02 plus previous deco gases "abuse" since you've done such a fine job of ramping the loading up so much. What's worse is you did it on a rec dive where in 1 hr you'll be doing it yet again!
Not to mention you have to use V-planner to figure out all your NDL's for all the best mix gases you choose to run anyway, so in the end it's a Cluster F* of various NDL calcs, PPO2's, MOD's, all needlessly complicating, however small (OR NOT as you've seen) what should be a fun and easy day of diving. Where's my table, which table, what's my this, what's my that.........horse-feathers!
It's really tough to not to have to lug all the software, tables etc around, and to not worry about going to site "B" vs. "A" because my mix is too hot, but we must endure
There's lots more to add here.......but not today, as that should be enough to make one think for a while.
Don't sweat it Dave, agreeance is not mandatory.
Regards