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4 Weighting and Trim
To determine your correct amount of ballast the following weighting check
should be carried out:
1. Enter the water wearing all of your equipment including the primary SM tanks
2. Completely deflate your Bat Wing and your Drysuit if you are using one
3. While holding a normal breath stop kicking and add enough weight until you
sink to eye level. When you exhale you should submerge completely.
4. If you are using full tanks you will need to add a little more weight to compen-
sate for the weight of the gas in the tanks that will be used during a dive.
5. Now that the correct amount of weight has been established submerge and
attempt to hover in a horizontal position while moving the weight up or down
the torso until the ideal position is achieved to maintain comfortable trim.
After a few dives as you become more relaxed and comfortable diving your Razor
Side Mount System you may find that you can reduce your ballast weight a little.
When you are correctly weighted you will need very little gas in your Bat Wing.
If you are diving in a Drysuit all your buoyancy can be controlled with the Drysuit
for the most part just using the BAT Wing for surface buoyancy and extra lift when
carrying heavier equipment loads.
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