calculating Bailout using V-Planner

womble

I agree. the deep stops do add a considerable amount to the gas you have to carry. However, I always find my limiting factor is my rich bailout.

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Frankie Pellegrino

Just My two cents
I would recommend and advise any body who has to bail out to MAKE SURE you do your deep stops.I know you use a lot of gas but your chances of a type II deco hit is far less. If your going to shave off any stops I would recommened the shallow ones. By time you get to the shallow stops hopefully someone will see your bubbles and come with more gas. (etc. other divers on deco and or maybe boat support) Also you could ascend and yell to some one for more gas (hofefully O2). If you missed any deep stops your not going back down to finish them. Your not going to get bent if you brake deco for a short time. If your solo then you have to roll the dice and make up your own mind. Or just dive with tons of bail out. I think bail out gas chioces and tank size is propably one of the most disputed things among tech rebreather divers today.
I know this is way off the topic but I think it's good advise.
Cheers Frankie

jptaylor9

I use DDPlan, as it does Buhlmann with GF so it can *estimate* the Vision's deco schedule & generate bailout plans using more aggressive GF's. Only downside is the DOS interface, but I don't mind it, but I know others do

I also like to know the shallowest I can go to (without any deep stops) on a say 95/98 GF.