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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by transistor-man on Friday November 14, 2014 @10:55AM (#8607707)
Recently finished a self-balancing skateboard contraption, and thought you folks might be interested. Its more intro micro-controller and heavier on the machining side, but, it was an interesting experience on iterative design.
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by jacquesm on Friday November 14, 2014 @04:30PM (#8609610)
Super nice project, congrats. This sentence is missing a 'controller': "so i opted to tap the fans into the motor housing.", and further down it has ', for affed effect, I '

I'm really really jealous about all the nice toys you get to work with and what a great place where 'scrap' of this quality is available. Tinkerers paradise :)

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by iterationx on Friday November 14, 2014 @01:10PM (#8608533)
Looks way better than the MotoTec Wheelman.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=42682786&...

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by sanj on Friday November 14, 2014 @02:45PM (#8609095)
I owned an earlier generation of the Wheelman: http://www.dersh.com/dershstock/DS05/Wheelman.jpg

It was really hard on your shins!

My favorite part was that the drive train in that generation meshed directly into the knobs on tires.

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by transistor-man on Friday November 14, 2014 @01:13PM (#8608546)
Thanks!
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by thomasfl on Friday November 14, 2014 @03:48PM (#8609402)
Skating in the woods!?! You gotta put this in production man! Kickstart it on kickstarter or something.
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by InternetGiant on Friday November 14, 2014 @11:11AM (#8607814)
Fantastic work. It looks like a lot of fun. Any plans to bring down the weight and produce one for sale?

I have two nephews that would flip out with joy if they got one of these.

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by billmalarky on Friday November 14, 2014 @01:15PM (#8608562)
Have you heard of One Wheel?

http://rideonewheel.com/

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by Expez on Saturday November 15, 2014 @03:14AM (#8611185)
That looks absolutely amazing! The large wheel makes it a lot more usable imo.

But what's plan b when something goes wrong? On the electric skateboards you can at least break in the good old fashion way.

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by billmalarky on Saturday November 22, 2014 @02:21PM (#8646382)
People have been riding skateboards/longboards without brakes for many years now. Plan "B" is often a good set of pads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9yL5usLFgY

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by tlb on Friday November 14, 2014 @03:58PM (#8609447)
I rode an early version, it's pretty fantastic.
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by iN7h33nD on Friday November 14, 2014 @03:04PM (#8609191)
That's an expensive wheel!
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by andyjsong on Friday November 14, 2014 @06:10PM (#8610086)
Stupid safety question, but why does your contraption lack a wheel well for the wheel? Otherwise, awesome!
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by jacquesm on Friday November 14, 2014 @06:29PM (#8610166)
Mechanically stronger too! (it would be mostly under tension)
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by tcdent on Friday November 14, 2014 @01:36PM (#8608699)
Do you have a video that doesn't require Flash?
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by transistor-man on Friday November 14, 2014 @01:41PM (#8608728)
vimeo should run direct html5, try this: https://vimeo.com/111388356
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by AdmiralAsshat on Friday November 14, 2014 @01:42PM (#8608738)
Do I have to be pure of heart to be able to ride it?
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by danfinlay on Friday November 14, 2014 @08:01PM (#8610458)
If it balances to be perfectly level, does that mean on hills it scrapes?

If so, any plans to put proximity sensors under the sides to help it determine what "level" is?

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by chuckcode on Friday November 14, 2014 @02:27PM (#8608992)
Looks amazing and fun, thanks for sharing! Please post if they are ever going on sale or kickstarting as I'd love to have one.
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by doctorfoo on Friday November 14, 2014 @04:19PM (#8609563)
That is so cool. Not quite as cool as a hoverboard, but closer than anything I've seen so far!
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by beambot on Friday November 14, 2014 @04:27PM (#8609602)
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/10/21/technology/hoverboard-s...

Their hoverboard works. I believe they now have a kickstarter too.

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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by not_with_retard on Friday November 14, 2014 @09:07PM (#8610612)
It works only using a specific metallic surface.
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by scentoni on Friday November 14, 2014 @01:59PM (#8608840)
Reminds me of http://solowheel.com
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by cmollis on Friday November 14, 2014 @04:13PM (#8609531)
holy CRAP that's cool. I want one. (and one for my kid)
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by leishulang on Friday November 14, 2014 @11:58PM (#8610877)
finally we can do mounted archery in da city!
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by zackmorris on Friday November 14, 2014 @02:36PM (#8609043)
Presenting: the Schmoboard :-)
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Re:The Flying Nimbus – A high-power, self-balancing transpor... by rasengan on Friday November 14, 2014 @02:14PM (#8608915)
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