Yeah, but aren't you, like, 6'7"?
Freedom Plate Divers Roll Call: show us your rig!
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thbcthomas
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I just found this setup that I believe is a freedom plate. Can anyone confirm if this is indeed a coveted Freedom plate?
Still Kicking
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Yes it is, you lucky guy!
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Magnificent!
Buy a lottery ticket dude, I wouldn't but that's apparently what people say when they're happy for you
Before the envy sets in
But one must not add greed to envy, or any of the others
Buy a lottery ticket dude, I wouldn't but that's apparently what people say when they're happy for you
Before the envy sets in
But one must not add greed to envy, or any of the others
Eric Sedletzky
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Yes! That is a second generation run of the “original” model, (think G250V) circa about 2005 ish?
It was a redesign of the original FP to accept the brand new (at that time) Oxycheq Mach 5 wing which was cutting edge in narrowness and streamlining.
That one is pre contour which came later after two more non contoured models. Amazing how you think you’ve nailed down a design only to imagine something better later on. Design is such a moving target.
It was a redesign of the original FP to accept the brand new (at that time) Oxycheq Mach 5 wing which was cutting edge in narrowness and streamlining.
That one is pre contour which came later after two more non contoured models. Amazing how you think you’ve nailed down a design only to imagine something better later on. Design is such a moving target.
Eric Sedletzky
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I should add that some had a serial number and some didn’t. That one does not appear to have one, but I will positively verify just by looking at it that it is definitely one if mine.
thbcthomas
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@Eric Sedletzky Thanks for the info. I saw the USA stamp, which made me think it was a freedom plate. However, I didn't see a serial number, so that made me wonder if it was a freedom plate. Do you know which size it is?
Yes, this looks almost exactly like mine (purchased new in 2010), except mine has round holes (instead of square holes) that are beveled to accept sunken screws that hold an optional U-shaped thingy that the cylinder rests on and which kicks the bottom of the cylinder out, slightly, away from your butt.
Congrats! You're gonna love your FP.
rx7diver
P.S.: I don't use the U-shaped thingy when I'm diving my 3-2 mm O'Neill wetsuit in fresh water.
P.P.S.: Mine looks like @Akimbo's, pictured in post #1 at the top of this thread.
P.P.P.S.: Mine is pictured in post #435 in this thread.
Eric Sedletzky
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Those were 15” tall and a onesizefitsall type plate.
The multiple sizes came later when the Contour came out.
If you notice the skinny part is really skinny. I was trying to get the tank as close as humanly possible to the divers back, and the edges weren’t rolled yet, so the answer was to make it as skinny as possible to give your shoulder blades room to move. That’s why it’s called the Freedom Plate, because it gives you more freedom of movement, which is what the target audience of commercial divers needed for underwater work. But then it caught on with the general diving public.
That one still has the wider sides which was what the very first ones looked like.
thbcthomas
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