Hello from North Florida

[carlf]

Hi, I've been lurking here for a while and enjoy this forum so I decided to register. I found it while doing a search on the internet for an owners manual for a Scubapro Pilot regulator (since then I found mine). I've been diving since 1977 and primarily dive the springs of north Florida. I've been retired for a while so now have more time to dive. I'm enjoying reading about the vintage equipment on this forum.

[nikeajax]

Ahoy mate; welcome aboard! Gosh, could ya post some images of that Pilot; I'd like to see one...

Jaybird

[carlf]

OK, I'll take one and get it posted.

[SeaRat]

Carl,

First, welcome! I was stationed at Eglin AFB, Florida in the panhandle in 1967 and in Orlando in 1970. I really enjoyed diving in Alexander Springs State Park too. You have some wonderful places to dive. I have just retired myself, and so hope to find more time for diving. I hope you enjoy the conversations here.

John

[carlf]

Hi Jaybird, Here's a picture of the Pilot and the MarkVII first stage that I used with it. The MarkVII is a honker (makes sort of a honking noise when you breath the tank down to 300 psi).

Carl

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[carlf]

Nov 30, 2012 17:25:09 GMT -8 SeaRat said:

Carl,

First, welcome! I was stationed at Eglin AFB, Florida in the panhandle in 1967 and in Orlando in 1970. I really enjoyed diving in Alexander Springs State Park too. You have some wonderful places to dive. I have just retired myself, and so hope to find more time for diving. I hope you enjoy the conversations here.

John

John,

I only dove in Alexander Springs once in 1977 and it was a great place to dive. Hope you enjoy your retirement as much as I am. It does give me a lot more time to dive.

Carl (who just figured out what the "Quote" icon at the top of the page is for)

[JES]

Welcome aboard! :-)

[nikeajax]

Gosh, I had to reread that a few times before I realized that that's a Mrk-7 first stage I hate being dyslexic

That second stage looks like it would throw a lot of bubbles in your face, no? I ask this because it doesn't look like it vents from a regular type of manifold.

Thanks fer sharin'
Jaybird

[carlf]

I haven't dove the Pilot/MK7 in a long time, but I don't remember it throwing a lot of bubbles in front of me. When I replaced it with MK250s I don't remember much difference in the bubble patterns between the two.
Carl

[nikeajax]

Carl, I only ask this as it looks like it's exhausted right under your chin, as opposed to something like this:



where the flow is more around your cheeks and ears. I have noticed on some of the modern regs, the exhaust tees/manifolds are REALLY short.

Jaybird

[carlf]

Jaybird, I see what you mean. It does look like the Pilot would exhaust bubbles in one's face. I think the last time I used it was in 1990 which is too far back for me to remember how it worked, except that it was very easy to breath.
Carl