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Steve, I now have Charles Merill and Greg Zambeck redesigning the scooter for me. Why would anyone want a scooter that will go deep and long with no problems and can be checked onto an airline as luggage? What kind of fool would want something this simple? Motors are $750 plus shipping for the DV100, $500 for the Mako. If you or anyone else ( who has one of my scooters) wants these, I will order some new ones . Right now I am holding what I have for the WKPP , but can have more done in a couple of weeks. Are you sure you don't want a brushless motor? It only requires a bunch of other cicuitry which I am sure will work quite well if damp, and maybe a speed control board, or maybe I can take a coathanger and make it so you can move the brushboard, or put in a switch so you can change the voltage of the battereies, or maybe put in a rheostat and a few more holes in the scooter in case you are not having enough repair fun now. I can also send you a copy of Bill Stone's book and you can see how to turn a scooter into a nightmare. I am sure he will be glad to tell you how to mount the rebreather to the scooter, and suggest names of atomic weapons for this new device, as well as expert big-timers to tell you how to operate it. In fact, if you go to the cavers or techdiver list, there are many fine engineers who have been several feet into many caves, and who have many great ideas on dive gear which they plan to implement as soon as they finish their cave and trimix courses, right after they do their deep air course. Many of these rockect sicentists in the cave community have all of the answers, and I am actively seeking their council on many projects . Right now , for example, I have on my desk several blueprints for some fine-looking bongs, and one really clever hashpipe. These cavers and techdivers are the best. In fact, the "guy who wrote the book on tech diving" , according to the newspapers, is featured on the front page this morning - presumed dead following a charlie foxtrot of epic proportions with pictures to prove it, and a piece on "techdiving" so stupid as to make you look for the telltale picture of Alfred E. Newman. It is just a good thing we have all of these qualified players ou there to keep us going. Steve Millard wrote: > > On Fri, 02 Jan 1998 21:11:49 -0500 "G. Irvine" <gmirvine@sa*.ne*> wrote: > > George, > > Would you know how much it costs to ship one of the 50 ft.lb scooter motors to > England ? > > I just got back from a weeks diving in the Red Sea (Egypt) with my new WKPP > scooter & a rebreather. > > The scooter was amazing. I was really worried that the baggage handlers would > damage the scooter before it ever got wet. I cut up a plastic chemical barrel > to protect the propellor end and packed the handles with expanded polystyrene. > It got to Egypt with no damage at all (other than the end of the bag it was in > being completely trashed as the idiots dragged it along the floor rather than > carrying it) > > Once I got it into the water, I had a great time. The scooter made getting > around in the water a dream & I saw so much life...sharks, turtles, barracuda > etc that I wouln't have got near without it. However the main purpose of > taking the scooter was to get some hours of practice in ideal conditions. The > only downside of taking it was that the noise tended to counteract the silence > from using a rebreather. My dive buddy said that the small reef fish tended to > do an 'inverse Mexican wave' as I scootered past. However, as soon as I > stopped scootering, the silence of the rebreather was restored & all the small > fish came out again. > > An excellent & valuable experience & the scooter gave absolutely no hassles at > all. Thanks once again for selling me such a well thought out device. > > Regards, Steve M. > > ************************************************************************** > * Dr. S. G. Millard, * E-Mail : ec96@li*.ac*.uk* * > * Senior Lecturer, * * > * Dept of Civil Engineering * Tel : 0151 794 5224 (UK) * > * University of Liverpool, * 44 151 794 5224 * > * PO Box 147, * (International) * > * Liverpool L69 3BX, * * > * UK. * Fax : 0151 794 5218 (UK) * > * * 44 151 794 5218 * > * * (International) * > ************************************************************************** -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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