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Personally, the 44lb horseshoe would not make a suitable BACK doubles wing. It does fine with sidemount doubles and a bit of alteration.
You can find my blog on that here: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/si...agle-express-tech.html?highlight=Express+Tech and a subsequent blog on tank configuration here: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/sidemount-diving/422096-choker-clip-solutions.html
The air cells need to extend beyond the tanks. This wing has the spacing for a single, not doubles, so the tanks and plate would entrap the air cells.
Be prepared though, when you comment on a configuration that you have not dove, that those who have will be a bit dismissive of your speculation. It's nothing to get, er, grumpy about.
If we all agreed, it would be a stinkingly boring forum!
You didn't fall short at all. You're experiences are a bit different than mine. No biggie.
!! Still enough lift for stage cylinders though (and even a buddy rescue lift off the bottom if need be!).
One of the things I liked about the Zeagle wings was the way the bungees are not run on the exterior. They face the plate and can not get caught on anything. The bungees you added can get caught if waved around near some jagged metal. I doubt they are necessary but they shouldn't cause instant death unless you are leaving messages on an internet forum.
Edit: I just looked at your pictures again and realized maybe the bungees I am talking about are only on the Zeagle donut wing not the Express Tech wing.
If you use different wings you will realize that some manufacturers place the butt dump on the inside and some outside. The inside is best to minimize entanglement. It's easy to feel around back there to find it, inside or outside. I read somewhere on SB to turn the corner of the wing out to vent all the air on an innie. This works fine.
One more thing. The pull handle on my butt dump got caught between the top slats on a picnic table. When I stood up it popped off and I did not realize it. When I was diving at 20 ft, I felt a bit floaty and I reached back for my dump valve and could not find the handle. I floated to the surface on that one. I later found the handle under the table. The table tried to take it again a few months later so I removed it and tied a knot I could grab. Sometimes DIR is better.
The bungees on the 24 and 35lb wing are inside, fairly well protected from snagging. The butt dumps are on the outside (top if you are horizontal). Of course, being a horse a U shape in stead of a donut, you have 2 which increases your failure point count and will surely kill you, since we are internet diving
Flipping the wing over and resewing the bungee constraints really streamlined my configuration. I have never seen or heard of someone being snagged on their dumps, so it's not much of a worry. My problem was two fold. The hose was too long and I kept snagging the inflater hose fitting on the top of the cave. It was really getting beat up. Now it sits on the inside, just over my right shoulder. The hose goes around the back of my neck which only leaves 6-8 inches or so to deal with.The bungees on the 24 and 35lb wing are inside, fairly well protected from snagging. The butt dumps are on the outside (top if you are horizontal). Of course, being a horse a U shape in stead of a donut, you have 2 which increases your failure point count and will surely kill you, since we are internet diving
