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Eric Sedletzky
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I can’t get any of those links to come up.
Were/are some of these models Europe only?
Holes in the Scubapro line?
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Were/are some of these models Europe only?
I didn't read your OP carefully enough. I started adding regs I thought you had left out (e.g., Mk 7). Duh.
They first appear in US catalogs during the following years.
MK6 - 1969
MK8 - 1979
MK9 - 1983
MK14 - 1998
MK16 - 2001
MK18 - the MK 18 was first sold in the ultralight version starting 1999, in 2001 the brass version appears.
Here is the MK IV from a Scubapro Italy catalog, no dates in the catalog but I am guessing about 1974.
MK IV appears to be the MK V paired with 108, not a standalone first stage.
And from the same catalog, check this oddity out! The Scubapro P.V.B. (Pilot Valve Balanced).
Did it ever made it out into the wild? I've never heard of it before, but now it's on my most desired regulators list.
MK IV appears to be the MK V paired with 108, not a standalone first stage.
And from the same catalog, check this oddity out! The Scubapro P.V.B. (Pilot Valve Balanced).
Did it ever made it out into the wild? I've never heard of it before, but now it's on my most desired regulators list.
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Eric Sedletzky
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This just keeps getting better and better!
axxel57
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This is the early version of the Pilot.
I was visiting Scubapro factory in 1977, and I have seen one of these prototypes on the test bench.
The final version was a bit different.
The Pilot was not invented by Scubapro engineers, they did buy the design and the patent by an American inventor (I do not remember the name).
But here you can read the whole history:
Scubapro’s Pilot Regulator, how it came to be. | Vintage Scuba Diving Community Forum
Scubapro’s Pilot Regulator, how it came to be. There is a rumor that the Scubapro Pilot Regulator was created by a MIT student for a class project. NOT TRUE. I invented the Scubapro Pilot (US P
vintagescuba.proboards.com
So they re-engineered it in what became the AIR-1, with parts fully compatible with the Pilot casing.
So most Pilots were retrofitted with Air-1 parts, which made it more reliable and easier to service and to tune.
axxel57
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The thread you linked is essential reading for pilot fans, started by the creator of that iconic second stage.This is the early version of the Pilot.
I was visiting Scubapro factory in 1977, and I have seen one of these prototypes on the test bench.
The final version was a bit different.
The Pilot was not invented by Scubapro engineers, they did buy the design and the patent by an American inventor (I do not remember the name).
But here you can read the whole history:
Scubapro engineers did love the principle, but not how it was executed in the Pilot.Scubapro’s Pilot Regulator, how it came to be. | Vintage Scuba Diving Community Forum
Scubapro’s Pilot Regulator, how it came to be. There is a rumor that the Scubapro Pilot Regulator was created by a MIT student for a class project. NOT TRUE. I invented the Scubapro Pilot (US P
So they re-engineered it in what became the AIR-1, with parts fully compatible with the Pilot casing.
So most Pilots were retrofitted with Air-1 parts, which made it more reliable and easier to service and to tune.
Here is another thread from vintagescuba which mentions the never produced pilot valve prototype designed by Tony, it seems fair to assume this was the P.V.B.
Since pilots are often AIR1 converted, I tried the reverse experiment of putting pilot internals into an AIR1 case and the result is a functional regulator.
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