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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 08:30:30 +0100
From: mat.voss@t-*.de* (Matthias Voss)
To: anthony.appleyard@um*.ac*.uk*
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: scooters (Protei)
anthony.appleyard@um*.ac*.uk* schrieb:
> 
> On 15 Feb 2003, at 21:14, Matthias Voss wrote:
> > ... handiwork as against CAM,...
> 
> Sorry: what is CAM?

Computer aided manufacturing ;-)

> 
> How many Protei-s have you heard of in the West? What sort of
> use has been made of them? What sort of performance have they
> got? How reliable are they?

Only heard about Dave Sutton's.
You may have to buy some old Mig's to get one as a free bonus ;-)
To my knowldge, Dave uses it for wreckdiving. Battery voltage is
48Volts, as I have heard.

When they are electrically as reliable as they appear mechanically, they
probably would be the best in the world. Though still not be usable w/o
mod for Dir style configurations,( and remember everyone in the team
should have the same)


There are some other russian scooters around in Germany, big red ones,
four handles, you carry them as a team, and go diving as a team with one
scooter.

It has the power to drag all 4 of them. Needs some substantial weights
to be neutral, has a titanium shell as well. Never heard of a failure
here, but I do not know the depth range, 35m has been done with it w/o
problems.

Matthias
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