Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
Georg I did my best to get Jach to buils the Odesey so I could use any size takn on it. We then compromised on 40's and the way they were set up the unit was 41/2 feet tall. Then he decide to put the four weenie bottles on it and for me he added to quick disconnects that allow me to use any tank(s) I wish to use. At this point I see the weenie bottles as deco and my dive gas in the bigger cylinders. Also on Cis the MK5 as I told you ius not what you have seen in the field with Stone it is small and compact and weighs in at 55 pounds. It can be used with any type backplate you choose complete with stage d rings etc. It has the ability to switch two other stage tanks of any size onto the unit and a simple switch boz. The stages can be breathed thro the closed circuit or open circuit. It is reaaly a sharp unit. As you know I too had reservations about the 4 but these units are night and day different. Much of the changes have been due to field input exspecially from Rich open warer researc, and Kevin Gurr internal shipwreck (UK) and deep openwater diving. Kevin is a sharp and bull headed engineer who has been able to influence the unit quite a bit. I hope to have a modified 4 soon to work with until the 5,s are produced in August. I do not know how many of the mods will be in it but I will let you take a peak. The 5 is also real streamlined and can be set up is any clean configuration that is applicable for a RB. Tom You wrote: > > > > Dan, thank Kellon for the article. The thing that I would add to >what he is saying towards the end is that these things should not >be used to cover all gases at once, except in the case of Stone's sump >diving, where if he were able to make the thing a reasonable size, >which he was not, it would have been a good idea. In fact , the rig >that Rod Farb uses is far better suited to what Stone was doing, >and would be the best unit for diving the jungles of Mexico, for >example. > > The other thing is that if you put the right sized bottles >on Kellons's unit, you can get a huge time and still have a giant >bailout with you normal open curcuit rig. In fact, Kellon's machine >can be rigged Hogarthian to the tee. For deco, in cave you would stage >deco bottles separately, and in wreck you would carry them with you . >It is insanity to try switching manifolded gasses all around when >you can simply hang a little 40 cu ft bottle, turned off until you >need it , to your gear. > > With Kellon's or any other machine, a normal >harness can be used. I realize it is more "techie" to convolute the >obvious, but in the real world, the people who really need these things, >like Oliver Isler, do it differently that what is being taught and touted. > > I would suggest that if someone really want to rebreather dive, >they get one like Farb's. If someone want to go long, like we do, get one >of Kellon's, but ignore the techie bullshit that he has been harrased >into, and get him to build you one that you can smoke some cueva with, >the simple version with 121's as the source bottles, not the weenie >techno nerd version with four little poodle tanks. > > As usual, I have the non-techie opninion, but then I am not >a "technical" diver at all: I just do what it takes to get the job >done, right down to the lipstick. > > By the way, I took the kids to see White Zombie and Filter last >night in Miami, and now have new music for the next video - better than >"More Human than Human". This music is CDS material. They had the biggest >Mosh pit I have ever seen. Today, while the rest of you are out diving, >I am running a 10k with my institutional team from the office. > > - G > > > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]