rebreathers and trim

[caveseeker7]

Those look like the OEM cam bands with velcro closure.
What do you use? Bailing wire, duct tape, hose clamps, spot welding?

 

[Mr.X]

Darn. I was going to post Ron S's. original SS frame for his Prism. Seems uploads always fail! It was one tuff mother. Talk about building tuff...Enrique Alvarez is a supreme metal master. His frames are always characterized by extra beefiness and by innovative ways to off-set buoyancy characterisitics. One of his earlier Inspiration iterations looked almost like a shiny robot!

 

[Capt Tom McCarthy]

Darn. I was going to post Ron S's. original SS frame for his Prism. Seems uploads always fail! It was one tuff mother. Talk about building tuff...Enrique Alvarez is a supreme metal master. His frames are always characterized by extra beefiness and by innovative ways to off-set buoyancy characterisitics. One of his earlier Inspiration iterations looked almost like a shiny robot!

Haha, he trained me on mine. He uses the Grey Wolf plates now himself. There's a picture of that thing in Mastering Rebreathers by Jeff Bozanic. Looks like a roll cage.

 

[caveseeker7]

A picture of Ron Scorese's old frame is on Steam Machines' website at
http://www.steammachines.com/images/Scorese_020921_6-3.jpg

 

[Mr.X]

A picture of Ron Scorese's old frame is on Steam Machines' website at
http://www.steammachines.com/images/Scorese_020921_6-3.jpg

That's it! You are the man! You are literally a walking encyclopedia of RB's!

Here's me with a Cis MK 5P. Trim wasn't too bad, but it did require a few ankle weight tucked under the top of the shroud. Big unit

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[caveseeker7]

Nice! If one doesn't mind big heavy and expensive, that's the way to go.

 

[Capt Tom McCarthy]

Nice! If one doesn't mind big heavy and expensive, that's the way to go.

Yea, and more complicated than a space shuttle. If you can dive that thing you can dive anything.

 

[Mr.X]

Yea, and more complicated than a space shuttle. If you can dive that thing you can dive anything.

The thing had lights all over the place and certainly was a design ahead of it's time. The really, really good thing about it was that none of the heat shields ever came off during re-entry.

I do hope it re-emerges as a slicker, less prone to break type of machine.

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[Capt Tom McCarthy]

The thing had lights all over the place and certainly was a design ahead of it's time. The really, really good thing about it was that none of the heat shields ever came off during re-entry.

I do hope it re-emerges as a slicker, less prone to break type of machine.

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Haha, yea, those alloy shingles on the counterlungs were pretty rugged, too bad you needed a 3,000 lb BC to lift them though. Hehe.

 

[Mr.X]

Haha, yea, those alloy shingles on the counterlungs were pretty rugged, too bad you needed a 3,000 lb BC to lift them though. Hehe.

Since we are talking space age , streamlining and propulsion and because I am writing tedious reports right now...do you find a particular manufactured model slippier vs. others? I know my Classic KISS moves pretty nicely through the water. I would also imagine the Prism/SK moves nicely too.

As a standard I would say user drives a Mako type scooter (Gavin/SS/X/Mako/Farallon) on a setting of "7". Shrouds as per standard RB config. Likert Scale ranges 1-5

Classic - fast (5)
Doubles OC - fast (5)
Meg- Medium/Fast (3/4)
Inspiration - Medium (3)
Cis - Medium/Slow(2)

Ouro -
Optima -
SK -
Prism -
Drager -
Rb80/Clone -
Submatix -
Mk 15 -

Sorry - no Drager Ray...doesn't count as an RB

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