| COPIS vs APECS
Pretty much had my mind made up to go down the COPIS route, then I spend a few hours w/ Padipro and Mempilot tearing through their rigs and drinking a few beers and now find myself considering APECS...
I'm one of those people who find alot of the DIR philosophy works for my diving; streamlining, simplicity, reduced failure points, team, situational awareness, etc... For purposes of this discussion, we'll leave it at that...
In my (albiet limited) reading, up until maybe the past 12-18 months, the notion of 'flying manually' with eCCR units has been largely unmentioned. Is this an oversight on my part; or has this been engrained into the mindset/curriculum since day 1....? How about in practice...?
Real or not, I have this perception of manual being a safer design. I'm admit, some of this is derived from the fatality statistics; which may not be an appropriate comparison as MANY other factors contribute to incidents.
So we started talking about the different failure modes and components that could fail and differences in recovery between the different units and I started to see additional safety value in having the electronics... Both require the same diligent awareness, both could fail closed. Other than the # of handsets, I suppose the fundemental failure diff is the solenoid could fail open; appropriate setpoint management determines your response time window.
Would appreciate comments to help me navigate the decision...
-Tim |