Comment on Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths

• magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Do you seriously think I was talking about slowing down abruptly enough to hurt people? Do you understand that it’s possible to slow down just by cutting power to the motor and coasting to a stop? Have you ever ridden a bicycle or driven a car?

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  • Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Have you ridden a OneWheel???

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    • magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes. Poorly and briefly, but yes.

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      • Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Cool, so you know the self balancing is controlled by the motor you want to just shut off power to, right?

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  • Endorkend@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Have you ever ridden a bicycle or driven a car

    These are two to four wheel vehicles, not one wheelers.

    It's a whole different thing.

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    • magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      In terms of balance, yes, but momentum still works the same way.

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      • Endorkend@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It doesn't, at all.

        You sit in a car and on a bicycle you're either attached by 4 of 5 points to the entire thing.

        On a one wheel, you're a pivot.

        And the cutting out power thing you suggest creates a situation where the cooperation between your balance and the balancing mechanism of the one wheel suddenly disappears, throwing your balance off, which combined with your body as the top of the pivot keeping momentum while the one wheel stops, creates a majestic launch to make you eat shit.

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      • Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Just loud, dumb, wrong with a sprinkle of “I’ll never admit it” for flavor. It’s astounding.

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