Cold_Under_Here
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After reading a post mentioning RGBM (http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=112710) decompression theory, I got interested. I have found many interesting explanations on RGBM theory and the use of the so called "deep stops"(1/2 max depth for 1min + 2min at 5m) in a recreational diving profile.
Now, I completed my NAUI certification only a few months ago and was given a paper dive table with (c) 1989 printed at the bottom!! A little out of date, maybe? In my readings of RGBM, I found that NAUI had adopted the algorithm and had developed recreational tables based on the RGBM algorithm incorporating Haldane stops. This happened over three years ago (http://naui.com/News/nauinews2002.htm#Menu) ...and my NAUI text (copyrighted 2004) mentions nothing of these deep stops. What did I miss?
Has anybody had experience with the new tables? What are the differences? Where can I view sample tables? Finally... is it safe to use the older tables with a deep stop and safety stop?
thanks! :14:
aside/I'm an engineering physics student, decompression theory is quite interesting...any good, pure mathematical sites I can sink my teeth into?
Now, I completed my NAUI certification only a few months ago and was given a paper dive table with (c) 1989 printed at the bottom!! A little out of date, maybe? In my readings of RGBM, I found that NAUI had adopted the algorithm and had developed recreational tables based on the RGBM algorithm incorporating Haldane stops. This happened over three years ago (http://naui.com/News/nauinews2002.htm#Menu) ...and my NAUI text (copyrighted 2004) mentions nothing of these deep stops. What did I miss?
Has anybody had experience with the new tables? What are the differences? Where can I view sample tables? Finally... is it safe to use the older tables with a deep stop and safety stop?
thanks! :14:
aside/I'm an engineering physics student, decompression theory is quite interesting...any good, pure mathematical sites I can sink my teeth into?