Dive Xtras has chosen to improve on the small compact single person DPD, with all its benefits of portability, redundancy and cost effectiveness, but improve its performance using modern technologies to match that of larger vehicles. Technology has made several key advances over the last few years that has enabled Dive Xtras, almost uniquely in the industry, to make huge leap forwards in performance:
Brushless motors offer smaller packages with more efficient cooling and higher reliability due minimal moving parts. Compact motor controls allow us to add speed controls to vastly improve usability.
Battery capacity has leapt forward from lead acid at 30-40wh/kg to current lithium cells exceeding 160wh/kg, 4 times the power for the same weight. Computer aided design and finite element analysis allow the design of vehicles optimized for size and weight without compromising strength.
The use of high performance single person DPD’s offers several benefits that can be utilized by mission planners:
Load Carrying Capacity
All Dive Xtras vehicles are equipped to tow neutrally buoyant equipment using sub-surface capable dry bags. (Weight is irrelevant if it is neutrally buoyant) This equipment is towed without load on the diver minimizing fatigue.
Fatigue Free Transport
Using the Dive Xtras 3 point harness, divers can transport with minimal physical stress. All loads pass through the harness into the diver ensuring he arrives at his destination at maximum capability. The lightweight nature of Dive Xtras vehicles also ensure that entry and exit from the water can be accomplished easily with minimal additional effort due to the vehicle.
Scalability
Dive Xtras vehicles can be easily be scaled to meet mission objectives. Minimal use may start with single units within a team to support heavily loaded swimmers through multiple units per swimmer to support extended range missions over 8 hours or 10 miles.
Redundancy
All Dive Xtras vehicles are capable of towing 2 divers, this means a team can deal with loss/damage/failure internally, quickly and easily, completing the mission as planned. The vehicles are also small enough additional vehicles can be carried within the team to supplement the primary vehicles if needed.
Maximize Deployability from Multiple Platforms
All Dive Xtras vehicles can easily be carried by one person. This makes them deployable from almost any craft capable of carrying the diver. The CUDA M1200 and M650 only weight 54lbs (24kg).
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Avix Global, LLC
(dba: Aqua Lung Korea)
574 Hanju Building 2 FL, Shinsa-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul, Korea 135-891
smoh@firstdive.co.kr
+82-70-7560-6611
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