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jaap · 25th September 2006, 14:28

Quote: (Originally Posted by Scuba_Vixen)

All that not withstanding, here's a pic of an intrpid DIYer with a DIY scooter project built with about a $25 budget. It actually worked.

Darlene

Is it electric?

I fully agree that a DIY DPV is a hard one, at least if it is going to be cheaper, reliable and capable of any depth. Abandoned my DIY DPV plans very early and bought a second hand Scubapro DPV for 400$ to play with instead.

But since tinkering and playing around is always fun I made a very DIY penumatic DPV. With a nozzel running either from a SCUBA-cylinder or a CO2-exstinguisher. Not very practical, not much range/speed and only for shallow playing. It sure was noisy and making bubbles...Will try to dig out some photos. Even thought about fitting a prop to a pneumatic tool...but I was not quite ready for the Darwin awards so that never happened.

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jaap Normal people worry me Current Rebreather/s: Classic Kiss Other CCR RB80 / Clone Ray Other SCR Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR RB80 / Clone Ray Other SCR Home Build Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 480	Re: Homemade DPV Quote: (Originally Posted by Scuba_Vixen) All that not withstanding, here's a pic of an intrpid DIYer with a DIY scooter project built with about a $25 budget. It actually worked. Darlene Is it electric? I fully agree that a DIY DPV is a hard one, at least if it is going to be cheaper, reliable and capable of any depth. Abandoned my DIY DPV plans very early and bought a second hand Scubapro DPV for 400$ to play with instead. But since tinkering and playing around is always fun I made a very DIY penumatic DPV. With a nozzel running either from a SCUBA-cylinder or a CO2-exstinguisher. Not very practical, not much range/speed and only for shallow playing. It sure was noisy and making bubbles...Will try to dig out some photos. Even thought about fitting a prop to a pneumatic tool...but I was not quite ready for the Darwin awards so that never happened.
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