Quote: (Originally Posted by sven)
Use SMB (a bit hard to inflate on the surface though, especially while struggling to stay on the surface!).
Get one of these, best thing since sliced burnt bread!
http://www.apvalves.com/smbci.html
As an aside I've always carried a Lift bag, despite its obvious use for lifting spidge I figure you could always clip it to your harness and assist lifting yourself should you flood your suit/loop or rip the inflator out of your suit/wing.
Admittedly I've never tried it but I have "accidentally" lost an 18lb weightbelt from 35mtrs and I'd rather have some control (be able to dump gas from lift bag) than the extreme buoyancy of a belt drop.
Flooding a loop would be a jolly good time to have a buddy around IMO, can't think of a better time to have someone at arms reach with a bailout reg waiting and two extra hands to help and
afterwards!
BEN
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