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Old 09-25-2014, 10:03 PM   #11
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Wink Adjust your stance.

Where you stand has a minor effect.

If you stand to the left ( or place more weight on your left leg ), you slightly compress the left tyre / tire.
That reduces the rolling radius of the left wheel.
The machine will 'drift' left.

Vice versa, of course.

Experienced users sometimes just lean a bit left or right to tweak the direction, without adjusting the steering.
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Old 09-25-2014, 11:05 PM   #12
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Non of any road or ground is flat, because rain and stormwater need to run off to the kerb or side of the road, which often make the sensitive Segway to turn slightly on "flat" surface.

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I don't see how worn elastomeric couplings would cause drift to one side...
I don't see that either. But when I told him it had something to do with tires, he asked where to get elastomers.
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If it was a control-signal issue, it should be visible when standing in place too. Since you haven't reported anything like this, I believe it is tire pressure or your weight distribution.
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Old 09-29-2014, 10:48 PM   #15
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I don't see how worn elastomeric couplings would cause drift to one side...
try switching whole wheels left to right etc
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