11-25-2007, 11:06 PM | #1 |
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Looks like our friends from across the pond have been busy! Check out the spill just after the 2 min mark in the video. Have any of you seen an i2 act this erratically?
ps - The poster had 6 other videos, but they were mainly of segways being used at events in Germany. One video shows an adapted bike trailer being towed behind the segway! |
11-26-2007, 03:06 AM | #2 |
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Holy crap! I thought these things were perfectly safe in any and all circumstances! They never go out of control whenever they catch an edge on something and they can't do any substantial damage at all. They'd certainly never be able to do anything like punch a hole in a wall or anything as forceful as that.
Gee . . . I wonder where I ever got the idea that Segways could be dangerous? BTW, Steve, to answer your question. Yes, I've seen an i2 exhibit that behavior and more by people that over correct errors. The compilation only scratches the surface of modes the device can get into. For instance, they really didn't show the one I like best; the uneven curb cut, which has taken me down twice so far. I'm now FAR more leery and watchful for it. I personally think it's a flaw of the lean-steer design. Not that I can even vaguely attempt to justify the baby controlling the Segway, but did you see how fast the device spun around when it caught one tire on a small bush? The device wasn't even going all the fast at that point either. But then again . . . I obviously know nothing about it since they are perfectly safe in all conditions.
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The thing is . . . not everything shown in the video is of a "fool" operating the device. Some inexperienced riders perhaps, but a lot of what is in the video is the device operating exactly as designed, just with an inexperienced rider at the controls.
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Looking at some of the other "incidents" I think many of us can recall similar incidents. How many times have we looked back (usually after picking ourselves up off the floor!) and said "I really must remember, next time, just LET GO" In my experiance, trying to recover the situation often compounds it.
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I also gotta say that I was inexperienced a couple years ago too, but never even came close to some of the falls & situations shown in the video. Other than paying attention to the safety video and operator instructions, what have I been doing wrong? |
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Can you be more specific about the "flaw" in the LeanSteer design? It seems to do exactly what it is supposed to do, when operated properly. You ARE operating it properly right?
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