Quote: (Originally Posted by
robhass)
Last week I watched movie with Casey McKinaly scootering in the cave. He has dump-valve on their right arm, and I cannot see any problems with dumping air during scootering.
Movie is here:
http://www.hogarthian.pl/galerie/pac...nnie_casey.mov
rob
This was on the gavinscooters list, I'll dig it out
Found it
In response to a question about having on the right arm, someone answered
Quote: (Originally Posted by gavinscooterslist)
> Its so you can get to the dump valve when your hands on the trigger.
> Pretty standard with long range diving on a motor I thought.
And Casey's reply to this was
Quote: (Originally Posted by Casey)
> Correct assumption. I'm not convinced that placement on the right shoulder
> is that much of an advantage but it was the most common placement in the
> 90's for those on the team ordering custom suits. My older suit had the
> placement on the right so to maintain consistency, I did the same with newer
> suits. I believe Jarrod has the dump valve on the left shoulder because
> most of his suits are stock and any custom suit he owns has it on the left
> as well to maintain consistency. I believe either location works fine for
> venting.
>
> Casey McKinlay
> Project Director
> Woodville Karst Plain Project
Sorry for the cross posting but I thought it would help
