Practical Water Electric Submersible for Underwater Activities

[ams511]

Those are the Seadoo scooters, really designed for reef bimbling by OW divers. I have played with one and it's quite fun, but it is what it is, a rec diving toy. It will never compare to a proper tech DPV. Its also 250 USD vs 2500 USD so there's that....

From what I remember there are various SeaDoo models. Some are ok for rec diving but others are only for snorkeling or playing in a pool. Only a fool would use one on a tech dive.

 

[Popgun Pete]

While looking for a fin (original "Sea Wing") advert in a Scubapro 1994 catalog I found this “Sea Shuttle” that was advertised briefly in the dive magazines of the time.

 

[Popgun Pete]

Rather than looking in the past I checked out what is around now and found these Yamaha models.
YAMAHA SEASCOOTER AUSTRALIA
YAMAHA SEASCOOTER AUSTRALIA

 

[happy-diver]

My SeaShuttle works
but the Apollo is strong and beautifully neutral, adjustable pitch prop a big bonus

easy to modify for extra vroom vroom

and clearing out the shroud adds heaps

a battery is under a hundred bucks


Goes as far as you need wrecreationally we're in 25m-30m here
and the crotch option is beautiful


Give Dave Sutton a buzz and see if he has any CCCP Monsters left

 

[Popgun Pete]

Interesting to see all the components laid out and nice to know that it was not all headed for the blue topped receptacle.

 

[happy-diver]

Why on earth would those beautiful refurbished parts be headed for a cardboard recycling bin

what are you talking about mate

here's the only blue receptacle those beautiful refurbished modified parts headed to

It's straining an pushing and pulling in the video man


are you alright

 

[Popgun Pete]

More recent generations seem to have the view that old gear (i.e. from before their time) must be obsolescent and needs to be thrown out, hence my comment was intended to be somewhat ironic. When I started diving this gear was yet to be invented and I remember when the first scooters arrived, however few people could afford to buy them.

 

[Popgun Pete]

My SeaShuttle works
but the Apollo is strong and beautifully neutral, adjustable pitch prop a big bonus

easy to modify for extra vroom vroom

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and clearing out the shroud adds heaps

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a battery is under a hundred bucks


Goes as far as you need wrecreationally we're in 25m-30m here
and the crotch option is beautiful


Give Dave Sutton a buzz and see if he has any CCCP Monsters left

Just reviewing some topics when found this again. The protective shroud grids would have been to avoid lawsuits when an owner foolishly stuck their hand in the prop with it turning. They detract from hydrodynamic efficiency, but you remove them at your own risk.

 

[OTF]

All of them were used, after having the motors rewound, in Gavin scooters and the many Gavin/Silent Submersion clones. Back in the lead acid/LiFePO4 era they were THE scooter used for almost all cave exploration in caves big enough to allow the use of scooters (WAKULLA). Still have 3 Gavin clones with code 80 tubes, rewound motors and 51Ah LiFePO4 batteries - heavy, but work much better than stock Gavins at depths where Gavins break.

Michael

Do you actually mean LiFePO4 or are you thinking of one of the nickle chemistries? Just asking because I don't think of LiFePO4 as anything like lead, but much more of a modern battery for this kind of thing, albeit one that sacrifices a small amount of volume and capacity for increased safety over lipo.

 

[Gone for diving]

Do you actually mean LiFePO4 or are you thinking of one of the nickle chemistries? Just asking because I don't think of LiFePO4 as anything like lead, but much more of a modern battery for this kind of thing, albeit one that sacrifices a small amount of volume and capacity for increased safety over lipo.

Actually know of one that be modified / updated to lithium iron 80Ah few years back