Oxycheq Mini STAs problem

scubachris · 10-22-2009, 08:50 PM

I recently got a pair of the mini STAs.When I attached them to my bp and after tightening them,
I found that my sta could still rotate about in its position! I checked my wingnuts and found them to be
very tight! Does anyone face this problem as well?

FishFood · 10-22-2009, 09:01 PM

Using the square bolts that fit into the square holes on the two adapters?

CompuDude · 10-22-2009, 09:01 PM

Is it a problem? How is it when there is a tank there?

comet24 · 10-22-2009, 09:27 PM

I use the same STA when I dive singles and with a tank your be fine. Mine too will rotate but put a tank on and there's no problem.

Lj82 · 10-22-2009, 10:48 PM

It shouldn't rotate due to the square end of the bolt and square holes on ur mini.

scubachris · 10-23-2009, 12:15 AM

Hi guys i have not rig it up with a tank to try..probably will do so next week. but when attached to my bp, it rotates and i wonder if my tank will be stable when underwater?

CompuDude · 10-23-2009, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scubachris

Hi guys i have not rig it up with a tank to try..probably will do so next week. but when attached to my bp, it rotates and i wonder if my tank will be stable when underwater?

Only if the solid metal your tanks are made from somehow allow the solid metal STA plates to rotate even while securely strapped to each other.

(read: it'll be fine)

scubachris · 10-23-2009, 01:36 AM

Ahh point noted thanks CompuDude!

IndyDiver · 10-23-2009, 08:24 AM

As Compudude said, the STA's are perfectly stable when they have a tank in them. One thing you have to be careful of with the mini-STAs is that the wing nuts come loose when the tank is not attached. As the STA twists back and forth, it will loosen the wing nut. My son had his top wing nut fall off and his tank swiveled around on the lower bolt and was hanging by the hose to his necklased regulator.

This is not a problem if the wingnuts are tight at the start of the dive, because the STAs cannot move with a tank in them. It is only a problem during transit and storage. We just tighten the wingnuts before every dive as we strap in the tank, and we haven't had a problem since.

IndyDiver · 10-23-2009, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lj82

It shouldn't rotate due to the square end of the bolt and square holes on ur mini.

The STA doesn't rotate around the bolt, the bolt rotates in the hole in the backplate/wing.

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