Post by captainconor on Jul 24, 2022 8:17:20 GMT -8
I first used one of these in a pool in Belfast in 1967. I bought one, the last one produced by Calvin Gongwer after DARPA took 4 for testing.
I have only used this one a few times and am now retired from diving and would like to sell it.
Its basically brand new and I am asking $500. Below are some details for you to follow up. Its currently in Florida USA
Aqueon is or was a similar device to PowerSwim. It was primarily developed in the 1950s by the Innerspace Corporation, an aquatic propulsion company which specialized in submersible thrusters at the time. Its front wings, at least sometimes, are shorter than with PowerSwim. The diver held onto it by trapping it between his shins by putting his shins in the side hollows of two ?-shaped attachments. The first working Aqueon unit was sold in 1979. Its original designer was California Institute of Technology graduate Calvin "Cal" Gongwer. It was claimed to provide three times as much thrust as conventional swimming fins and up to six times as much power, and that from a stationary start, a swimmer covered 25 yards in 8.4 seconds using Aqueon, and that with an Aqueon a swimmer covered 1500 yards with scuba equipment in 24 minutes; the fastest time covered by the same diver with scuba equipment and fins was 44 minutes. The Aqueon was reportedly examined at length and during multiple "pool parties" at the Gongwer residence by DARPA scientists before they created their new concept.
www.rexresearch.com/powerswim/powerswim.html
email at captainconorcraig@email.com for photos
I have only used this one a few times and am now retired from diving and would like to sell it.
Its basically brand new and I am asking $500. Below are some details for you to follow up. Its currently in Florida USA
Aqueon is or was a similar device to PowerSwim. It was primarily developed in the 1950s by the Innerspace Corporation, an aquatic propulsion company which specialized in submersible thrusters at the time. Its front wings, at least sometimes, are shorter than with PowerSwim. The diver held onto it by trapping it between his shins by putting his shins in the side hollows of two ?-shaped attachments. The first working Aqueon unit was sold in 1979. Its original designer was California Institute of Technology graduate Calvin "Cal" Gongwer. It was claimed to provide three times as much thrust as conventional swimming fins and up to six times as much power, and that from a stationary start, a swimmer covered 25 yards in 8.4 seconds using Aqueon, and that with an Aqueon a swimmer covered 1500 yards with scuba equipment in 24 minutes; the fastest time covered by the same diver with scuba equipment and fins was 44 minutes. The Aqueon was reportedly examined at length and during multiple "pool parties" at the Gongwer residence by DARPA scientists before they created their new concept.
www.rexresearch.com/powerswim/powerswim.html
email at captainconorcraig@email.com for photos
