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== Manufacture == Two versions of the successor to the original Rowperfect exist that are made by: Care RP3 in the Netherlands and Rowperfect Pty in Australia. Both versions are able to hook up to dedicated software independently developed and marketed by Row-Ware, including SEAN. Rowperfect Pty Ltd. bought Rowperfect BV in 2004 moving development and production to Australia, developing the lowered flywheel position of the Indoor Sculler during that process. Rowperfect Pty Ltd holds US Patent 8,608,626 covering the lowered flywheel position on the moving mainframe. After multiple prototypes (the first produced in January 2005) the first Indoor Sculler was produced in June 2008. The Dutch company produced its rowing machine, the RP3, from June 2009. '''Rowperfect Pty Ltd builds the Indoor Sculler''', which has a specialised monitor readouts of output [[power (physics)|power]], time, rating, meters distance per stroke, heartrate, power per heartbeat, stroke length. Outputs are calibrated to athlete weight and boat class and give readings aligned to on-water times for skilled athletes. The Indoor Sculler was intensively tested on the domestic market in Australia prior to export to North America, South Africa and Europe. The Rowperfect Indoor Sculler contains 18 kg of solid stainless steel. The bar, legs and seat base are all solid stainless steel, as are all internal axles and fittings in the moving main frame. By using lightweight materials such as Aluminium and ABS Plastic, the dynamic mainframe of the Indoor Sculler is specifically manufactured to the target weight of 17 kg, replicating the mass per rower (including oars/sculls) of Single, Double and Quad sculling boats as well as the Coxless Pair and the Coxless Four (note: an eight has a 19 kg per-rower mass). '''Care RP3 builds the RP3''' Computer software shows a <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rowperfect.co.uk/compare-great-male-athletes-force-curves/#.UOZIj4lessw|title = Compare great male athletes' force curves|website=Rowperfect.co.uk|date = 6 March 2009}}</ref> force curve, joules, stroke length, stroke rate as well as time, rating, 500 m split and meters. Weight adjusted scores and [[Racing shell|rowing boat class]] selection enable coaches to assess likely on-water times for crews based on the computer readouts. Used by [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic athletes]] in both sculling and sweep disciplines including [[MahΓ© Drysdale]], [[Alan Campbell (rower)|Alan Campbell]] and crews from [[USRowing|US Rowing]] and [[Rowing New Zealand|New Zealand]]. Both machines led rival manufacturers to develop dynamic indoor rowing machines during 2010 leading to a change in perception and adoption.
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