Hi guys , I'm sure this has been done to death , but cant find much , thought id ask ..
working out my daughters weight , and wing size for her in a 7mm wetsuit ..
At the surface she needs 6kg / 13lbs to be neutral with an empty wing ..
As she descends, her wetsuit compresses and losses buoyancy, so when she reaches , say, 30m / 100 feet , she needs to compensate with adding lift to her wing ..
How much buoyancy is lost roughly ?? , I did read that a 7mm wetsuit has the characteristics of a 3mm wetsuit , if that was the case,.. when she dives a 3mm wetsuit she needs she needs 2kg / 4.4lbs , so my thinking would be that she would need to add 4kg / 8.8lbs of life to her wing...
But I read another post which mentions a 7mm wetsuit at 30m / 100 feet , actually weighs more , meaning that she would need 7kg / 15lbs to be neutrally buoyant ??
Im guessing there is no definitive answer , what I need to know is her 22lb /10kg wing going to be enough, or am I going to have to buy her something new ...
working out my daughters weight , and wing size for her in a 7mm wetsuit ..
At the surface she needs 6kg / 13lbs to be neutral with an empty wing ..
As she descends, her wetsuit compresses and losses buoyancy, so when she reaches , say, 30m / 100 feet , she needs to compensate with adding lift to her wing ..
How much buoyancy is lost roughly ?? , I did read that a 7mm wetsuit has the characteristics of a 3mm wetsuit , if that was the case,.. when she dives a 3mm wetsuit she needs she needs 2kg / 4.4lbs , so my thinking would be that she would need to add 4kg / 8.8lbs of life to her wing...
But I read another post which mentions a 7mm wetsuit at 30m / 100 feet , actually weighs more , meaning that she would need 7kg / 15lbs to be neutrally buoyant ??
Im guessing there is no definitive answer , what I need to know is her 22lb /10kg wing going to be enough, or am I going to have to buy her something new ...