Quote: (Originally Posted by
dantheman)
There are 2 major observations I'll make about your question:
- Shorter deco isn't necessarily better deco. The totality of your environment should be considered, and there's no pithy rule-of-thumb for it. That's why we talk about acceptable risk...
- Bailout is an exceptional situation. Given that there is no such thing as "right" deco, only acceptable risks, folks should decide what the risks are and plan for them. In other words, does a bailout situation mean getting to the surface sooner (water temp, seas, etc) and therefore an expedited (if sub-optimal otherwise) schedule is tolerable. Or do you now expect to sit for a while, and do extra deco to allow for possibly altered physiological responses to extreme pressure and partial pressures...
A couple more observations:
- are you assuming no change in SP on deco?
- have you enabled the special skip-stops on TMx/O2 feature
I don't have any experience w/HeOx, but my instinct tells me
- except at the extremes, it's probably not the right tool
- introducing some N2 late in the deco makes sense as a off-gassing strategy: knowing how much and when is the problem
--dan
Thanks Dan;
Is risk not made more acceptable when it is reduced?
I'm exploring simply making use of your bail-out gas (and MGP if you have one) when surfacing normally.
I like to switch from 1.1 to 1.2 at the beginning of the ascent. Accelerated stops dis-abled.