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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.


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 :)


Looks way better than the MotoTec Wheelman.

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


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.


Thanks!


Skating in the woods!?! You gotta put this in production man! Kickstart it on kickstarter or something.


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.


Have you heard of One Wheel?

http://rideonewheel.com/


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.


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


I rode an early version, it's pretty fantastic.


That's an expensive wheel!


Stupid safety question, but why does your contraption lack a wheel well for the wheel? Otherwise, awesome!


Mechanically stronger too! (it would be mostly under tension)


Do you have a video that doesn't require Flash?


vimeo should run direct html5, try this: https://vimeo.com/111388356




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