Скачать или смотреть SCUBA Fin for Leg Amputee Divers

At DEMA Show 2013 we saw several divers who had an amputated leg. Many of these people were veterans. A single scuba fin works poorly for these divers, and many of them swim with their hands while scuba diving instead of using their foot.

Smith Aerospace Corp. develops, manufactures and sells high-end monofins for freediving and scuba diving. We thought our technology may be able to help some of these people. This is the first swimming test, of our first attempt to make a monofin designed to be used by a diver with one leg. The main challenge is to get thrust centered and the fin balanced such that the diver can swim a straight line and have the fin feel stable on the foot. The initial results with this initial prototype are encouraging.