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Attn: The DOL-Fin Beta Test Program will be closing to new applicants September 30th 2010 in order to prepare for retail sales operations. The original announcement for the beta test program is below.
Friends,
I believe in performing extensive testing of new technologies before introducing them to the commercial market. Although, I've been testing the DOL-Fin for many years myself and believe I have a good and viable product, I feel that getting feedback from new testers who can simulate the experience of a customer using the owner's manual and website information to learn to use the DOL-Fin will be very valuable to assuring that I have the right product and information available to provide the desired positive experience I want future customers to have. The beta test program also provides a path for interested individuals, to become early adopters of new concepts before they become available to the general public.
To enter the beta test program, you need to be a qualified diver who can read and write in the English language and you must be at least 18 years old. If accepted, you can buy into the program and receive a DOL-Fin engineering test unit (DOL-Fin Classic, at about a 40% discount from MSRP). In return, you would be agreeing to test the engineering unit and provide constructive feedback on the product and training information. I want to know what you like and don't like about the DOL-Fin and also what training information worked for you, and what did not work as well as it could have been. I need testers to work through any problems they may experience in learning to dive the DOL-Fin and let me know what you think would have made it easier to learn.
Hopefully, the beta test program will terminate with a positive outcome and the unit you have being approved for general use. However, there is a possibility of a problem arising which could result in all, or part of the fin not being approved for use outside of the beta-test program. This possibility is the reason for conducting the beta test in the first place. If the outcome is not positive, my desire and intent is to be continuing to develop this product such that new parts would be available to continue the testing until we are convinced that the product can be moved into retail sales with confidence and assurance of the product design and functionality.
It is also worth noting that the DOL-Fin Classic will be upgradeable to the High-Performance (HP) model when the HP becomes available. I expect the cost of upgrading a beta test DOL-Fin Classic to a DOL-Fin HP to be less than waiting to purchase a DOL-Fin HP later. So, if the HP is what you are interested in, the Beta-Test Program may be used to get you swimming now and get you the HP later when it is available and still save you money in the long run.
If this opportunity and arrangement interests you, please contact me directly for more information. Please state "DOL-Fin Beta Test Inquiry", in the e-mail subject line.
Thank you,
Ron Evan Smith
Owner: Smith Aerospace
smithaerospace@hotmail.com