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75Plus
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Production slated to begin in 2013. Get your order in early!!
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AussieJimG
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December 10, 2012, 05:20:20 PM »
The more I think about it, the more I don't understand. I assume that it is a sort of broom balancer, balancing the rider's body. I can understand the Segway, but this is even more complex.
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Jim, my question is how in Hades do you stop the darn thing!! Either the wheel rolls or every thing else does.
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December 11, 2012, 01:55:00 AM »
I'm with you Jim and Joe. Two wheels are bad enough in an emergency stop, but one??? I guess the top speed would be low in comparison though. Still, good to see someone being inventive. Mind you, Having someone turn in front of me with no room to manouver and me ending up with busted ribs, collar bone, perforated bowel and just for good measure a dislocated thumb with torn tendon kind of makes me a tad cautious with less than four wheels these days.
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Converting good metal into swarf sometimes ending up with something useful. ;-)
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December 17, 2012, 11:14:31 AM »
I can see how you stop it. When you apply the brakes the reaction force will try and throw you over the front but if the automatic balancer is clever enough and fast enough then it will lean the rider back so that gravity will resist the reaction force. Maximum braking would presumably be when the rider is totally laid back.
It's similar to the hamster wheel type one wheel motorbike where the rider is inside the large wheel but it is by comparison inherently unstable.
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Common sense is unfortunately not as common as its name suggests.
AussieJimG
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December 17, 2012, 03:12:58 PM »
Makes sense but would be creepy riding it. Worse than the Vincent with that hinge under the seat.
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