I was finally able to dive my new stainless steel Freedom Plate today. Upshot: I couldn't have been more pleased! Two thumbs up!! (Well, you know what I mean.)
I just wrote a pretty detailed post, but I lost it (before I posted it) when my browser crashed just now. I'll reproduce some of it now, and more later when I have time.
Where: Table Rock Lake, Missouri, near the dam. (That's the Dewey Short Visitors Center in the background.)
Gear: O'Neill 3/2 jumpsuit, no hood, no gloves. Jet Fins. 4 lbs on weight belt. Steel 72 with Sherwood Y-valve. Scubapro Mk10+/D400 (primary) and Mk10+/G250 (backup) regulators. SS Freedom Plate with Halcyon Pioneer 27 singles wing (modified and sandwiched between the Plate's "tank rail" and the Plate, itself).
Profile: Planned solo recreational air dive to 60 ffw. Actually saw 57 ffw max depth, run time 29 minutes. Starting pressure 2,300 psig; ending 1,000 psig.
(More later.)
I just wrote a pretty detailed post, but I lost it (before I posted it) when my browser crashed just now. I'll reproduce some of it now, and more later when I have time.
Where: Table Rock Lake, Missouri, near the dam. (That's the Dewey Short Visitors Center in the background.)
Gear: O'Neill 3/2 jumpsuit, no hood, no gloves. Jet Fins. 4 lbs on weight belt. Steel 72 with Sherwood Y-valve. Scubapro Mk10+/D400 (primary) and Mk10+/G250 (backup) regulators. SS Freedom Plate with Halcyon Pioneer 27 singles wing (modified and sandwiched between the Plate's "tank rail" and the Plate, itself).
Profile: Planned solo recreational air dive to 60 ffw. Actually saw 57 ffw max depth, run time 29 minutes. Starting pressure 2,300 psig; ending 1,000 psig.
(More later.)