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Old 06-26-2014, 07:37 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Cybercat View Post
Saw this in the Skymall catalog. You know it's quality, because it has a "tight turning radius of 360-degrees." I believe the Segway's turning radius is at least 480-degrees.
Interesting... I wonder what happens if you try to turn more than 360 degrees? Will there be a calamity?

I wonder if that is a 360 degree maximum per day, or for the life of the scooter?

Perhaps if you turn close to the 360 degrees, you could turn back, to save some of those degrees for a different turn?

If you turn 90 degrees left, then 90 degrees right, is that 180 degrees of turn radius, or 0?

I myself have turned more than 720 degrees at one time on my segway, so I have to presume the 480 degrees is more a suggestion than a limit...

Also, if you do spin in place with a gen 1 segway for several turns, the balance sensor array used to get confused, and the segway would balance at an odd angle for several seconds before righting itself... I do not know if the current segways do the same, or if this even remotely applies to the topic at hand, but thought I would throw it in here anyway...
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