Comment on Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths

• 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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    • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I haven’t even ridden one, and even I’m aware that’s a terrible idea.

      The motor is the one thing keeping that wheel see-saw balanced, and if it stopped being able to do that, one end would crash in the pavement and rapidly decelerate. The rider, on the other hand, would not–they would go flying instead.

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    • Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So this is where you admit that your solution is inherently wrong af, or…?

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      • magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Not quite. My idea is inherently unchanged: I still think it’s a bad idea for the OneWheel to allow the rider to continue riding when the OneWheel software recognizes a problem.

        I did underestimate the importance of the “Haptic Buzz”. Okay. Give the rider plenty of warning and time to stop safely before any other steps I suggested are taken.

        Again I ask: do you seriously think I was talking about slowing down abruptly enough to hurt people?

        I don’t care what your answer is. I’m done with this.

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