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graememk

posted on 26/12/07 at 12:27 AM Reply With Quote
segway racing for the day

now heres a strange pressent from my parents

segway racing, didnt know what it was and a quick google bought up one of these









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Mr Whippy

posted on 26/12/07 at 12:30 AM Reply With Quote
trying not to laugh......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_h98YLiRX0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVuhPwy4f1w



[Edited on 26/12/07 by Mr Whippy]






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Guinness

posted on 26/12/07 at 10:56 AM Reply With Quote
LOL at those video's Mr Whippy.

Good luck Graeme!

Mike






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graememk

posted on 26/12/07 at 11:02 AM Reply With Quote
this is going to hurt isnt it !






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stevec

posted on 26/12/07 at 11:56 AM Reply With Quote
Say goodbye to your collar bones
Have fun.
Steve.

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afj

posted on 26/12/07 at 06:35 PM Reply With Quote
they cost a whopping £4299
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Mr Whippy

posted on 26/12/07 at 07:16 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by afj
they cost a whopping £4299


not suprising when you see how much electronic's is in them, if I recall they have two motherboards. They only look simple.






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MikeRJ

posted on 26/12/07 at 08:38 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
quote:
Originally posted by afj
they cost a whopping £4299


not suprising when you see how much electronic's is in them, if I recall they have two motherboards. They only look simple.


Most of the complexity is in the failsafes, stabilising an inverted pendulum is not a very difficult problem. With the ready availability of cheap solid state accelerometers and cheap fast micros people have already made Locost Segways.

Building an open source Segway.

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