Comment on Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 9 months agoAutomatically slowing down or stopping will absolutely get more people killed
Comment on Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 9 months agoAutomatically slowing down or stopping will absolutely get more people killed
magnetosphere@kbin.social 9 months 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?
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Have you ridden a OneWheel???
magnetosphere@kbin.social 9 months ago
Yes. Poorly and briefly, but yes.
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Cool, so you know the self balancing is controlled by the motor you want to just shut off power to, right?
Endorkend@kbin.social 9 months ago
These are two to four wheel vehicles, not one wheelers.
It's a whole different thing.
magnetosphere@kbin.social 9 months ago
In terms of balance, yes, but momentum still works the same way.
Endorkend@kbin.social 9 months 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.
Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Just loud, dumb, wrong with a sprinkle of “I’ll never admit it” for flavor. It’s astounding.