| Re: Hal 9000
Hey that just happened to me today. In fact it was my own fault, I put a dodgy battery in the Primary (Which I thought was OK, but I wasn't entirely sure). It worked well for the pre-breath, but when I hit the water, it did the dreaded reboot. Every time it went to fire the solenoid, the Primary HH would reboot.
So I flew it manual off the secondary and completed the dive (37M for 58 minutes, deco, as well as task loading with a camera).
One thing I do have to say about the Optima and the Hammers, is that they could not have been easier to maintain the setpoint. I found myself being overly cautious (which of course is not a bad thing), looking at the PPO2 readings every few seconds, but when I got the feel of my O2 consumption rate, I got into the rhythm. I know this is second nature for you MCCR pilots out there, but it was something I practised for a few fleeting moments at a time, not a whole dive, so was comparatively new to me.
It wasn't that scary. My hats off to you Lamar and Kevin. Great Unit.
Cheers,
Michael |