SeaJay
Contributor
Okay, I've got some ideas here...
But before I go into them, I'm looking for someone to explain to me how that integrated STA of the Pioneer 27# wing works.
I can see from pictures that it simply appears to be a solid piece of fabric sewn in the middle of an ovaled "donut" shaped wing... And in the fabric are grommets for bolting the wing to the backplate. Six, to be exact (three for the top and three for the bottom bolts), although only two (one top and one bottom) are designed to be in place at any one point. Then there are slots cut into the fabric and into the plate's "raised spine" for a pair of tank straps. It's my understanding that you could use just about any tank straps you wanted, including Scubapro's awesome stainless steel cam straps.
Is there anything I missed? Is there some kind of structure hidden in the fabric of the wing? What holds the tank stably against the backplate? Without the "shoe" effect of an STA, what holds that tank still? Is it just the tank strap? Doesn't seem that stable, or that revolutionary...
What holds the tank from resting against the heads of the bolts that hold the wing and backplate together?
But before I go into them, I'm looking for someone to explain to me how that integrated STA of the Pioneer 27# wing works.
I can see from pictures that it simply appears to be a solid piece of fabric sewn in the middle of an ovaled "donut" shaped wing... And in the fabric are grommets for bolting the wing to the backplate. Six, to be exact (three for the top and three for the bottom bolts), although only two (one top and one bottom) are designed to be in place at any one point. Then there are slots cut into the fabric and into the plate's "raised spine" for a pair of tank straps. It's my understanding that you could use just about any tank straps you wanted, including Scubapro's awesome stainless steel cam straps.
Is there anything I missed? Is there some kind of structure hidden in the fabric of the wing? What holds the tank stably against the backplate? Without the "shoe" effect of an STA, what holds that tank still? Is it just the tank strap? Doesn't seem that stable, or that revolutionary...
What holds the tank from resting against the heads of the bolts that hold the wing and backplate together?