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But seriously, in our dark deep lakes over here 1st gear is too fast. Yesterday I loaned my old Mako to a friend to try out before buying and with the Sierra in 1st gear he had to have the prop pitch set on 6 to keep up. I know you can also adjust the prop on the Sierra but have you done that?
Love the new toy!! Couldn't say no to the 1/2 price deal I found for a new one on Amazon.
"If my grandmother had two wheels she'd be a bicycle ... so what? Things are the way they are, and it places where they are not that way things are different, that is the nature of things." (Thalassamania)
I know you can also adjust the prop on the Sierra but have you done that?
Yeah, that's kind of the point of the pitch knob =p It was designed to be tunable for divers in a wide variety of gear configurations with different thrust needs. Diver in a drysuit with doubles and multiple stages needs more thrust than a wetsuit diver in a single (generally speaking). Those smart fellers over at Dive-X thought of everything!
Change the pitch setting to allow less thrust (IE: turn the pitch knob counterclockwise) and you'll find that you can slow the scooter down as much as you want. It can even be set to neutral to prevent it from creating any thrust in the water. Set it too high and you'll trigger the over draw cut out.
"If my grandmother had two wheels she'd be a bicycle ... so what? Things are the way they are, and it places where they are not that way things are different, that is the nature of things." (Thalassamania)
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Originally Posted by TheDivingPreacher
