Its finished at last !!

Andy · 17th July 2005, 22:40

Its taken 6 months to get this baby finished but today i got there.

It started out it life as a Drager FGT but now only the case remains and a few hoses:

Its running a hammer head as a parachute and a kiss valve as the main heart of the unit. I have used YBOB counter lungs and hoses to the OC/DSV. Ihave also made a buddy light that its wire into the hammer head i have modified a scubber from kerry to take the cells and valve it was a toght suqeeze but it all went in i lost a bit of room in the scrubber but its only the mark 1 so there is room for improvment on scubber size as it only holds about 2.2kg. I was a bit worried about runn9ing a kiss valve with electronics but on the dry dive today they worked ok but we will see whats like in the water testing on tuesday hopfully sorry for the crap pics but i coudnt wait any longer to show it off. Thanks to narked@90 who got me a few parts made up im sure hes fed up with it already more pics to follow after testing in the pool

Andy · 20th July 2005, 23:03

just got back from a trip to stoney first dive on the new rig i ran a set piont of .7 for both dives with Kiss valve running and letting the hammer head make up the set piont. Im glad to say that it worked better than i hoped. narked@90 was the all seeimg eye just a few probs with two small leaks and these were from production parts (ybod) other than that scrubber worked well breathing resistace was near nothing. Hud never missed a beat and the buddy light needs a tweek so buddies can see it better. ocdsv worked fine all in all very good dive for the first two. Pics to follow

andy

Scuba_Vixen · 20th July 2005, 23:28

Quote: (Originally Posted by Andy)

just got back from a trip to stoney first dive on the new rig i ran a set piont of .7 for both dives with Kiss valve running and letting the hammer head make up the set piont. Im glad to say that it worked better than i hoped. narked@90 was the all seeimg eye just a few probs with two small leaks and these were from production parts (ybod) other than that scrubber worked well breathing resistace was near nothing. Hud never missed a beat and the buddy light needs a tweek so buddies can see it better. ocdsv worked fine all in all very good dive for the first two. Pics to follow

andy

Yeeeeee Haaaaaaaa

There's nothing quite like the feeling you get from the first dive on something you built yourself, especially when all goes generally as planned.

2 thumbs up,

Darlene

narked at 90 · 21st July 2005, 21:56

hi Andy well done mate it's taken a long time and a lot tears and tantrums

here's a few pictures from yesterday the rest are still to follow when the underwater stuff is developed
http://www.yorkshire-divers.co.uk/gallery/rebreathers and click on ANDY'S BEAST

hope your looking forward to the grand unveiling at the weekends gig
kindest regards john routley

TechBlue · 21st July 2005, 22:10

Andy,

Congratulations!! There is nothing like diving your own beast glad to see she behaved and all is well!!!

20th July 2005, 23:03	#2 (permalink)
Andy New Member Current Rebreather/s: Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Stanwick (UK) Posts: 48	it works !!!!!!!!!! just got back from a trip to stoney first dive on the new rig i ran a set piont of .7 for both dives with Kiss valve running and letting the hammer head make up the set piont. Im glad to say that it worked better than i hoped. narked@90 was the all seeimg eye just a few probs with two small leaks and these were from production parts (ybod) other than that scrubber worked well breathing resistace was near nothing. Hud never missed a beat and the buddy light needs a tweek so buddies can see it better. ocdsv worked fine all in all very good dive for the first two. Pics to follow andy
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20th July 2005, 23:28	#3 (permalink)
Scuba_Vixen e/mCCR Dolphin Pilot Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Home Build Join Date: May 2005 Location: St. Croix USVI Posts: 557	Quote: (Originally Posted by Andy) just got back from a trip to stoney first dive on the new rig i ran a set piont of .7 for both dives with Kiss valve running and letting the hammer head make up the set piont. Im glad to say that it worked better than i hoped. narked@90 was the all seeimg eye just a few probs with two small leaks and these were from production parts (ybod) other than that scrubber worked well breathing resistace was near nothing. Hud never missed a beat and the buddy light needs a tweek so buddies can see it better. ocdsv worked fine all in all very good dive for the first two. Pics to follow andy Yeeeeee Haaaaaaaa There's nothing quite like the feeling you get from the first dive on something you built yourself, especially when all goes generally as planned. 2 thumbs up, Darlene
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21st July 2005, 21:56	#4 (permalink)
narked at 90 John Routley Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Other CCR Dolphin Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Dolphin Home Build Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: middlands uk Posts: 1,074	hi Andy well done mate it's taken a long time and a lot tears and tantrums here's a few pictures from yesterday the rest are still to follow when the underwater stuff is developed http://www.yorkshire-divers.co.uk/gallery/rebreathers and click on ANDY'S BEAST hope your looking forward to the grand unveiling at the weekends gig kindest regards john routley __________________ *WWW.NARKEDAT90.CO.UK* *http://www.grpservices.com/pursuit/* Supporting Shearwater Research Products in Europe Narked at 90 Go Military
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TechBlue RebreatherWorld Sponsor Current Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Classic Kiss Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Inspiration Vision Evolution Megalodon Optima Other CCR Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Costa del Sol, Spain Posts: 212	Andy, Congratulations!! There is nothing like diving your own beast glad to see she behaved and all is well!!! __________________ Cheers, Chris www.tech-blue.com The site dedicated to Rebreather and Technical diving "We only sell what we dive"
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