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This was my first scooter, I bought from Gary Walten in
1996 at Akumal, Mexico and dove it every where in the
caves in yucatan and deep cave in Merida Mexico, it made
funny noises below 150 ft and last 35 minutes !
This thing was really hard to use as it was negative, really
negative, to a point most people couldn't use them and
consider them dangerous.
I then upgrade to Makos, my fleet was of 3 if I count the
one I gave my wife as wedding present.
I made some of the most awesome dives, took them to
200ft many times and made my first multiple hrs scooter
time dives as I figure how to tow scooters.
They are neutral with the wrong trim but they last 60-90
minutes and I really use the light indicator and variable
pitch on the propellor.
one I gave my wife as wedding present.
I made some of the most awesome dives, took them to
200ft many times and made my first multiple hrs scooter
time dives as I figure how to tow scooters.
They are neutral with the wrong trim but they last 60-90
minutes and I really use the light indicator and variable
pitch on the propellor.
When towing two makos while driving one,
became my limit, as I was diving OC at the time,
the solution was bigger batteries !
I met Trey in Merida and he told me about an upgrade kit,
so could upgrade my makos to gavin long tubes and so I
did in yr 1999, this where the first standard gavins locals in
Mexico and are the ones participated in the most projects
some deeper than 300ft and max to 360ft.
I use 8 engines in my 3 gavins thru a few years and I made
100's of multiple hr dives and the longest ones went over
10hrs, exploring the Pit form Dos Ojos main entrance
several times !
Also I use them to teach most of the nowdays large DIR
community and local pro's in the Akumal-Tulum area.
became my limit, as I was diving OC at the time,
the solution was bigger batteries !
I met Trey in Merida and he told me about an upgrade kit,
so could upgrade my makos to gavin long tubes and so I
did in yr 1999, this where the first standard gavins locals in
Mexico and are the ones participated in the most projects
some deeper than 300ft and max to 360ft.
I use 8 engines in my 3 gavins thru a few years and I made
100's of multiple hr dives and the longest ones went over
10hrs, exploring the Pit form Dos Ojos main entrance
several times !
Also I use them to teach most of the nowdays large DIR
community and local pro's in the Akumal-Tulum area.
The first SS I dove was from my friend Alex and he bought
it cause got tired of been abused by Trey everytime he
need to fix his gavins , which is constantly and also cause
one explode in the water !
I never got to bought one but use Alex as back up in more
than 50 dives and max depth 280ft thru the years, so that
is one solid scooter with hundreds of dives and still goes,
engine change 2 or 3 times.
it cause got tired of been abused by Trey everytime he
need to fix his gavins , which is constantly and also cause
one explode in the water !
I never got to bought one but use Alex as back up in more
than 50 dives and max depth 280ft thru the years, so that
is one solid scooter with hundreds of dives and still goes,
engine change 2 or 3 times.
Did Several long range dives all over
European Caves Sardegna, France,
Valstagna, etc.. and a Mexico trip for a
couple years with their units and they are
extremely reliable and the optional engine
faster than gavin also trim and buoyancy is
right at all depths which is nice after of years
of Gavin's !
Max depth I did with this was 350ft and
longest in the 8hr range, they used NiMH
which we know is not good for diving so
dove the heavier lead acid models with the
bigger brush engines.
I try my first small scooter ADV14 in 2007
and got curious to develop in to that, lithium
batteries was the goal but engine for my
view need to be brushless, and batterie
Lithiums
I try this apollo in a wreck trip in the Gulf of
Mexico was noisy but avg fast.
Then try the Mojo's in a Florida warm cave
diving trip. It still had the tekna-mako engine so
brush and rewinded, however was using finally
Lithium batteries the first I try with that kind of
batteries last forever however it will sure kill
that engine and the kick will wear the prop
clutch in a short time. Trim was bad.
Next I try the sierra in Israel during a rb class I
tought there it was a CSI model and it was cool
to see the video afterwards.
Wasn't impressed by the speed or battery
chocie but love the engine brushless and
taught make it bigger and faster and put
Lithium batteries, 200ft
So the closest to what I was looking for was the
Bonex, scooters ferrari, all carbon lithium and
brushless engines, so I got a Reference
scooter to try and dove with rb in a France trip,
but sold it as it was fragil for my applications, it
was as fast as SUEX fast engines and last as
much as magnum or more (200min)
Shortly after in wreck trip in the red sea
explorer liveaboard I dove X scooter again and
also was a new CUDA nice trim and the fastest
scooter I have dove.
in 2009 I dove CUDAS again in the Pit with
experimental mCCR technology and like the
solid construction and power in contain small
weight around 25kg.
So I got CUDAS 650 and took them
everywhere caves in France, Mexico, Italy and
even ocean caves,
they perform perfeclty at any depth and are
solid rock hard made of complete aluminium.
First 42volt brushless engine !.
I'm sure all mfgs will copy that soon, and I wish
they were lithium and smaller, as getting lazy !
This was the first to copy that but got it wrong
way the soft start, old school tekna/mako
engine and NiMH batteries.
Beautiful construction tough.
This is the XK for SUEX they stop making
plastic scooter and did aluminium, lithium, but
miss the brushless engines..........
And the fury is here, lithium-brushless engine
at 42volt and modular scooter,
400LE limited Edition and 1150 with
300minutes at 19kgs !
This is insane, after carrying 60kgs scooter
that last a 100-150minutes max at low
speed........
I will be upgrading scooters soon,
and there will be some surprises
Mexico was noisy but avg fast.
Then try the Mojo's in a Florida warm cave
diving trip. It still had the tekna-mako engine so
brush and rewinded, however was using finally
Lithium batteries the first I try with that kind of
batteries last forever however it will sure kill
that engine and the kick will wear the prop
clutch in a short time. Trim was bad.
Next I try the sierra in Israel during a rb class I
tought there it was a CSI model and it was cool
to see the video afterwards.
Wasn't impressed by the speed or battery
chocie but love the engine brushless and
taught make it bigger and faster and put
Lithium batteries, 200ft
So the closest to what I was looking for was the
Bonex, scooters ferrari, all carbon lithium and
brushless engines, so I got a Reference
scooter to try and dove with rb in a France trip,
but sold it as it was fragil for my applications, it
was as fast as SUEX fast engines and last as
much as magnum or more (200min)
Shortly after in wreck trip in the red sea
explorer liveaboard I dove X scooter again and
also was a new CUDA nice trim and the fastest
scooter I have dove.
in 2009 I dove CUDAS again in the Pit with
experimental mCCR technology and like the
solid construction and power in contain small
weight around 25kg.
So I got CUDAS 650 and took them
everywhere caves in France, Mexico, Italy and
even ocean caves,
they perform perfeclty at any depth and are
solid rock hard made of complete aluminium.
First 42volt brushless engine !.
I'm sure all mfgs will copy that soon, and I wish
they were lithium and smaller, as getting lazy !
This was the first to copy that but got it wrong
way the soft start, old school tekna/mako
engine and NiMH batteries.
Beautiful construction tough.
This is the XK for SUEX they stop making
plastic scooter and did aluminium, lithium, but
miss the brushless engines..........
And the fury is here, lithium-brushless engine
at 42volt and modular scooter,
400LE limited Edition and 1150 with
300minutes at 19kgs !
This is insane, after carrying 60kgs scooter
that last a 100-150minutes max at low
speed........
I will be upgrading scooters soon,
and there will be some surprises
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