11-16-2009, 07:39 PM | #11 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Charlottenlund, Denmark
Posts: 749
|
I'm wondering why the batteries are taped into place in some of the photos... :P
Quick notes: The LSF is collapsable, and there's much room beneath it, almost as if they expect some accessory there.
__________________
The wise speak when they have something to say. Fools speak when they have to say something. Reality has been scientifically proven impossible. |
11-21-2009, 08:13 PM | #12 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Harrisonburg, VA
Posts: 1,357
|
I dunno about the ripoff, but I'm liking the chinese power ballad.
-segsurfer
__________________
Life is not a Roadrunner cartoon, and you are not the Roadrunner!. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. |
11-26-2009, 08:29 PM | #13 |
Advanced Member
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 2,644
|
It appears like the Chinese may have invented this in 1997, years before the Segway's unveiling of the Segway HT. From one website:
"The Chinese Segway Personal Transporter is the first of its kind a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric personal transportation device invented by three Chinese in October 1997. It is produced by Global Starmoon Fashion Sports Co.,Ltd." http://xiuxianche.en.ec21.com/Chines...0_3780290.html Wait...I forget that facts, ages, and years are more "flexible" in China, or at least that's what the Olympics gymnastics people said... I really wish China would better honor foreign intellectual property. It's really unfortuante that skilled people spend years of their lives creating such an elegant product and then someone "copies it" wholesale with no regard. Someone even copied Segway Inc.'s product naming and marketing! There are dozens of videos of the knock-off at metacafe: (offroad/drop off big curb at end) It's interesting that one rider in this video is riding what may be an authentic white Segway PT i2 (closeups at 2:10, 2:40, etc.): Links to more videos: http://www.metacafe.com/tags/segway.chinese/ What a brazen knock-off. |
11-26-2009, 09:11 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Santa Ana, CA
Posts: 1,335
|
Ok, whine about the "rip off" if you want, but . . .
Ok, whine about the "rip off" if you want, but . . . I do like the wheels! They're totally pimp and check it out, you can inflate the tires without having to perform gymnastics.
__________________
Harry Potter may fly a broomstick, but I ride a magic lawnmower. |
11-26-2009, 11:32 PM | #15 |
Advanced Member
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 2,644
|
quade,
You do have a point: the "after-market" wheels are pretty cool |
11-27-2009, 03:30 AM | #16 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 655
|
Anybody know if the microprocessors (if not the whole control board) are manufactured in China?
Wouldn't THAT be a coincidence? NOT!!
__________________
Longfellow said that in this world a man must be either anvil or hammer. But some are neither, they are merely bellows. |
11-27-2009, 06:38 AM | #17 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Charlottenlund, Denmark
Posts: 749
|
I don't think they share hardware in any way...
In the videos, you can also see quite inferior performance, and it seems as if it's trying to maintain an "uncomfortable" angle (Think permanent speed-limiter).
__________________
The wise speak when they have something to say. Fools speak when they have to say something. Reality has been scientifically proven impossible. |
11-27-2009, 08:07 AM | #18 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: London, United Kingdom.
Posts: 931
|
I particularly like the mudguards, perfectly designed to slice open the legs of capitalist running dog pedestrians and cyclists!
__________________
Regards Isidore |
11-28-2009, 02:51 AM | #19 |
Advanced Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Marin County, CA
Posts: 3,783
|
Are these in turtle mode, or do they seriously underperform, or are the riders simply inexperienced and timid?
From the amount of LSF deflection required to turn at low speed, it looks like turtle mode to me. Even when they're moving in small circles, it looks like the LSF is displaced more than their body CG.
__________________
Bob Kerns: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. , To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 5 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Obviously, we can't have infinite voltage, or the universe would tear itself to shreds, and we wouldn't be discussing Segways. |
11-28-2009, 05:13 AM | #20 |
Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: SF
Posts: 123
|
I wonder how good the safety redundancys are on these units...
Don't want to do a face plant. |
Tags |
clone made in china |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 2 (0 members and 2 guests) | |
|
|