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Rene' Sports Advertisement

Sat Dec 05, 2015 3:16 pm

Notice in the photo that the regulator is on the manifold facing out as they originally used it and made the horns curved to work that way....
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Re: Rene' Sports Advertisement

Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:23 pm

I think I'd rather let my hood balloon up rather than have that goofy looking flutter valve on my head! :roll:
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Re: Rene' Sports Advertisement

Wed Dec 09, 2015 7:10 am

Cool observation Bryan, I learned something new today. I am with Antique D on the "Duckbill" head look although I think there are members on the forum that have done this or something very close to it with their vintage style Drysuits.
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Re: Rene' Sports Advertisement

Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:34 pm

I love Vane Ivanovic's tongue-in-cheek explanation of the valve worn on the head of drysuited Charles G. Chaplin (No, not that Charles Chaplin :D ) below on page 50 of his 1955 book Modern Spearfishing :
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Re: Rene' Sports Advertisement

Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:33 am

So, being a drysuit diver, but not a "vintage" drysuit diver, I have to ask:

Wouldn't the duckbill on the head prevent equalization of the suit, since the suit squeeze was counteracted by blowing air into the suit from the mask skirt?

Or was it that, in a head-down position, you could equalize the suit and in a head-up position, the air would bleed off?
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Re: Rene' Sports Advertisement

Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:35 pm

sitkadiver wrote: So, being a drysuit diver, but not a "vintage" drysuit diver, I have to ask:

Wouldn't the duckbill on the head prevent equalization of the suit, since the suit squeeze was counteracted by blowing air into the suit from the mask skirt?

Or was it that, in a head-down position, you could equalize the suit and in a head-up position, the air would bleed off?
I am fairly sure the bold is the correct answer.

I never used that particular type of suit, but I have tried a Russian frogmen suit with a similar valve placement and that is how it worked, but it did have a bit more control.

I have also seen pictures of a similar suit (with a duckbill on the hood) and it looked like the diver had tied an elastic around the duckbill to add some resistance. I can't remember where I saw the picture, but there was nothing on the associated text explaining anything on that subject.
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