Comment on Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths

• 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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      • magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Of course. Like all humans, I immediately learn the inner workings of every piece of machinery I come in contact with.

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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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      • magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I think it’s hilarious that people jump to the conclusion that I mean an instant, abrupt stop.

        If stopping on a OneWheel is as dangerous as you’re making it out to be, there would have been a LOT more than four deaths, and the company would have been sued into oblivion by now.

        Don’t reply right away. Take a few minutes to relax and mull it over.

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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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