Tom(ADMIN) Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:06 am
Many years back when this conversion was first thought of, people had all sorts of problems using multiple air bags. Getting them to fill and empty together was virtually impossible, and getting your boat to submerge and surface on a level plane was a real pain in the proverbial.
Going back to a single, centrally mounted bag makes life a whole lot easier. Bernie Wood and Jim Ward both tried to get a boat to work properly using two air bags, and both never really made it work properly. Bernie (at one time) did modify his Type V11c to use two pumps with their own air bags, each bag being individually controlled by it's own pump and switch...that worked to a point, but finding somewhere to store the extra air needed proved a problem, so the idea was discarded.
If I were you Peter, I'd use the compressor system with a single, centrally mounted air bag...I think you'll find that will work very well, and will be much easier to set up.
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