Newtsuit

{{Short description|Atmospheric diving suit designed by Phil Nuytten}}

File:Newtsuit atmospheric diving suit.jpg in the arms and legs. These provide great mobility, while remaining largely unaffected by high pressures.]]

The Newtsuit is an atmospheric diving suit designed and originally built by Phil Nuytten.{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/page214.htm |title=NewtSuit |publisher=Vancouvermaritimemuseum.com |date=2011-08-15 |accessdate=2011-08-22 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927160315/http://www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/page214.htm |archivedate=2011-09-27}}

The suit is used for work on ocean drilling rigs, pipelines, salvage jobs, and photographic surveys, and is standard equipment in many of the world's navies.{{cite web |url=http://www.nuytco.com/about/phil.shtml |title=About Nuytco – Phil Nuytten |publisher=Nuytco.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830135711/http://www.nuytco.com/about/phil.shtml |archive-date=2011-08-30 |url-status=dead }}{{clarify|which navies?|date=June 2021}}

This aluminum hard suit has fully articulated,{{cite web |url=http://www.sub-find.com/newt_suit.htm |title=Submersible Suits – The Newt Suit |publisher=Sub-find |accessdate=2011-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001020605/http://www.sub-find.com/newt_suit.htm |archivedate=2011-10-01 }} rotary joints in the arms and legs that give the pilot a great range of mobility.{{cite journal |author=Kesling, Doug E |title=Atmospheric Diving Suits – New Technology May Provide ADS Systems that are Practical and Cost-Effective Tools for Conducting Safe Scientific Diving, Exploration, and Undersea Research |journal=In: Pollock NW, ed. Diving for Science 2011. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 30th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS; 2011. |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/10160 |accessdate=2013-03-06 |archive-date=2013-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015234827/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/10160 |url-status=usurped }} These joints operate freely at high pressures. At the time the suit was constructed, it was the first of its kind in this regard. The pilot can control objects and handle tools with manipulator jaws at the ends of the arms. Although the suit is certified to {{Convert|300|m|}}, it has been tested to {{Convert|900|m|}}.{{cite web |last=Vancouver |first=The |url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/money/story.html?id=3bd82c72-8565-43c4-83e6-01a818c8ec9c&k=51671 |title=Business rises to new depths |publisher=Canada.com |date=2006-08-25 |accessdate=2011-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110154132/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/money/story.html?id=3bd82c72-8565-43c4-83e6-01a818c8ec9c&k=51671 |archivedate=2012-11-10 }}

The suit can be operated untethered, with a thruster pack that can be fitted to the suit. This allows mobility in mid-water. The Newtsuit navigates with foot controls. The left foot provides vertical control, with the right foot providing lateral control. Other equipment that can be attached includes twin video cameras, colour imaging sonar, and an AMS{{clarify|What is AMS?|date=June 2021}} suit monitor system that transmits information to the surface, such as CO₂, HPO (high pressure oxygen), O₂%, depth, temperature, and cabin pressure.

Communication is achieved through digital voice/data transmission via water and umbilical cable.