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I have a bp/w and i have a question as to what happens if you inflate the wing too much?
it happened to me today where i inflated too much and a weird noise happened which i presume air was bursting through the rear dump valve. only one dump valve on my wing.
I hope i havent damaged anything, it still works fine after that etc but i try not to overinflate it now.
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I have a bp/w and i have a question as to what happens if you inflate the wing too much? . . . its happened a few times and the noise it makes when theres too much always gets me
As D_B said, you are not damaging it. A more important question is why is this happening. Are you in the water, and (over)inflating at the surface, is it happening u/w? On shore, during gear set up and checking?
Nitro, this shouldn't be happening, especially in the water. If on the surface you need only enough air in the wing to lean back and achieve comfortable floatation. If you are under water and you are inflating this much you are likely over-weighted or too heavy-handed on the inflator button. Something isn't right ........ however no damage done to the equipment.
Tim
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I only ever inflate on the water, or from going off shore and into the water. never had to inflate underwater.
I just held it for too long i guess as i wanted full inflation lol.
now i only inflate enough and still does same job of keeping me afloat on the surface.
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Originally Posted by Nitro91
