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To: "A.APPLEYARD" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*>
Subject: Re: pressure-resisting diving suits
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 1994 16:53:34 +22305714 (HST)

On Sun, 10 Jul 1994, A.APPLEYARD wrote:

>   Since this is so, is there any chance of a very light agile sort of armoured
> diving suit like a type 3 spacesuit being made, that the diver can swim with,
> being made for use up to say a few hundred feet or a thousand or two? It would
> have to fit the diver very closely, to avoid large air pockets that would have
> to be counterbalanced with much heavy lead.

The next issue of aquaCorps, "HARD" (due out soon), focuses on ADS
(Atmospheric Diving Systems), and will provide the latest information on
this technology for diving applications.  Phil Nuytten is designing a
one-person suit as you describe (light-weight, etc) rated for 100-meters,
but don't expect to see that in your local dive shop for several years yet....

Aloha,

Rich

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