| Re: Maybe eCCR's really aren't the wave of the future?
Gill,
I can see why you might want to split things - but I love the way Bruces HUD works - right in front of your eyes you can see when a cell starts lagging and you get a real early warning of potential failures as it starts being slow to respond compared to the other cells. With the HUD as well do you really need another monitoring device?
1 - If the Handset fails you gonna bail anyway but will have the HUD there.
2 - If the HUD fails youll have the handset and should bail.
3 - If a cell fails you will see it on both of em...and should Bail...
Plus you will only need one other external computer to have redundant deco information....
As to the other bits I have to respectfully disagree with Dave here and agree with Mark - there is more work in setting up your mCCR than your eCCR and keeping it tuned (just checked the flow rate IP etc etc) Flying it I dont notice the difference as I always flew mine manually any way but if you didnt then the task loading is going to be way up for the first x hours.
The COPIS is a great choice for you as you get the best WOB from any mCCR out there plus you got the flexibility of just plonking on a different head if you want to go eCCR for something really gnarly or because you jsut want to.
I think the flexibility of having a COPIS head and a Shearwater eCCR head is gonna be great for me....It will be interesting to see how I feel in 6 months and which I use the most...
Stuart |