Comment on Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths

• 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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    • greybeard@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think what you are missing is that any amount of slowing down by the board itself will eject the rider. The system is built on the balance between the rider and the motors. The speed of the device isn’t controlled by the motors, it is controlled by the user putting their weight ahead of the unit. The unit then turns the motors to keep the system balanced. If the motors don’t keep up, the user falls over. That’s how the system works. The reason for these crashes is often because the motors can’t keep up and it loses balance. What you are proposing intentionally making it lose balance.

      The haptic feedback is telling the user to bring their weight closer to center, which slows the system down. It is fair to argue that any system that requires 100% continuous feedback from an electronic system is a poorly designed system. But your solution straight doesn’t work and literally causes the problem you are proposing it solves.

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    • Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

      Cool, I’m not. Your dumbass is still failing to realize that your solutions of slowing down and or cutting off the motor, already happens ya silly goose.

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