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Thank you guys for all your time. Your views and opinions are very interesting and better understood than those from Rodale's Scuba. I still like my SP Jets,.. can't do without the frog kick. Rgds, Davy ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthias Voss <mat.voss@t-*.de*> To: Davy <davydive@te*.co*.sg*> Cc: Techdiver <Techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 7:57 PM Subject: Re: Split fins > Davy, > Atomic splits with the shoes are used with excellent success by > underwater rugby players . They seem more than able to replace the out > of production Mares Plana Plus. While this may seem a big > recommendation, its appliance to technical diving may just be a typical > case of violation of model theory. Latter predicts certain thoughts > before doing a comparison. In this case these thoughts center around > scaling, streamlining, mass inertia, front area, vortices etc. > Plainly, what's good for the goose, must not be good for the gander. > In other words, a speedboat has a different propeller than an > icebreaker, a mackerel (fast moving fish)other fins than a sunfish( > slow). Tec-Divers are slow moving fish. > > And, other than for propulsion only, you need the fin for stabilizing, > so you want a good strong blade with a well defined surface area. > Matthias > > Davy schrieb: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > On the subjects of drag force and high current diving, > > I thought I'll ask you guys your opinions about the latest split fins. > > > > The split fins seem to be the new revelation in scuba diving now > > with many manufacturers currently embracing the "nature wings" technology. > > When the first one appeared on the market, the Apollo Biofins, I tried it > > but found it too > > flimsy and soft compared to the trusty SP jets. With the split, I also feel > > these fins have the potential for entanglement. > > But there are many divers, tech divers included, that seemed to swear by it. > > Has anybody else tried using the rest of these "nature wings"? What are your > > comments? > > The dive mags are raving about these as well but it's better to hear from > > the real players here. > > > > Rgds, > > Davy > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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