Lyle, I always like the way you work with your grand children !!! You are instilling skills and memories that they will never forget. That should be your greatest reward !!! Your friend, here in Wayland, MI, Cliff

The electronic "gyroscopes" are quite neat designs. You have something like a pendulum on a spring, very very small, etched into a silicon die. The pendulum is also one half of an capacitor. It get excited by static electricity. If nothing moving, the pendulum is oscillating symmetrically and the capacity is changing in a symmetrical sinus pattern. The system reads a symmetrical sinus wave. If the system is decelerated in one direction the pendulum needs a more time to go in one direction than in the other, this will shift an deform the sinus wave. When compared to the default wave you can determine the acceleration. All this calculation is done on the same die.

@stefantrethan

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining that, I always wondered how they work.

Back when I was his age we had 5hp mini bikes and yard carts! That is a neat piece of technology. Thanks Mr. Pete

Excellent video. Thank you for a clear and sensible demo, MrPete. ...and a big 'well done' to Master Andrew!

Very informative video sir. I'll bet those guys say you are the best grandpa ever with all the cool stuff you do!

Cool, thankyou for the video, Thankyou for the demo Andrew 👍

Thank You Andrew and Mr Pete. I think the young lad could spend all day showing us how it works. good job. Didn't realise they where that high tech.

Thanks Mr Pete very helpful, I have been thinking of getting some of these to rent out at the museum. But I have met resistance from the BOD. I shall show them your video.

@MrUbiquitousTech

8 жыл бұрын

Make sure there are no cliffs nearby...

Nice video Sir. I had opportunity to ride a Segway about ten years ago. That early unit id not have the pivoting handlebar setup. Weight shift was the way to steer. Had a ball and picked it up pronto. Like here, the mount/dismount was the most difficult part.They were around 12K then as I recall.

Well done Andrew, top job. Let hope Segway get one in the post to you given your KZread profile, it's the least they could do!!!!!!!! Kindest regards. Joe.

i've been looking forward to this.... Thanks for sharing sir..

thanks Mr Pete, i like this series,

As usual, an interesting demo. Thanks to all.

VERY INFORMATIVE I NOW THINK THAT I MIGHT HAVE A LEG UP IF I EVER WANT RENT ONE!!!! !THANK YOU !!!!

Pretty darn cool!

*We all know what grandson Andrew is expecting as a Christmas present from his grandpa now , dont we haha !!*

THANK YOU...for sharing.

best one so far!

Interesting demo, I'm ready for a Jet-Pack demo if you are.... lol

Nice video. How long did Andrew practice with it? He seems to have mastered it already. It's tragic that the owner of the company accidentally ran off a cliff with one. My guess is it had to do with the automatic balancing feature -- lose your balance and lean too far forward and there's no stopping it until you can regain balance and lean back. You could put a panic stop brake on the handles I suppose, but that's almost always going to end up with a face plant into the pavement. It's better than running off a cliff or out in front of an oncoming bus though.

Thankyou sir for your information...🙏🙏

Back before TV there was a comic book character called "Fire Chief Maguillicutti". He drove a little yellow open top car with one wheel on each side. I always wondered how he kept the thing balanced.

@mrpete222

8 жыл бұрын

I remember

@carver3419

8 жыл бұрын

The Comic Strip was "Smokey Stover" .... I loved that comic ...

I think a "helmet cam" video is in order...with yourself in the cockpit :-) Great upload. Thanks, Mr. Pete.

Good video.

thank you Andrew

I like the fact they celebrated their welds. Neat machine for sure.

very nicely done Andrew stole the show!

I had a "trip" as you called it about 7 years ago on one while backing up. The thing went into full speed in reverse to try to catch me as I fell and I wound up laying on the floor with my foot wedged in it while being dragged in circles by that thing to the point that I thought it was going to rip my foot off. Look up the safety record of that thing. When it goes haywire things can get ugly real quick. As someone else pointed out. The owner of the Segway company died when his took him off an 80 foot high cliff. Chris

@rwbishop

8 жыл бұрын

The few Segways I've seen 'in the wild' were used by airport cops... and in my opinion made them appear particularly pedophile like. However, as shadowdog500 experienced, they seem to have a safety record way out of proportion to their numbers. I can recall hearing/seeing numerous such horror story reports through the years... They really hyped the things before they were released, thats for sure. I was irritated with the things before I even knew what they were.

@ptonpc

8 жыл бұрын

To be fair, he accidentally backed off a cliff trying to get out the way of a walker. He was an ex miner who invented HESCO, used to protect the bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

@whitehoose

8 жыл бұрын

To paraphrase Einstein, you can't cure stupid. Segway falls into two camps; utility users and thrill seekers ... both of which will have experienced and inexperienced operators. the difference between segway and a skateboard is segway looks quite similar to a walking frame and thus is more tempting to middle aged guys with more disposable income than the average skateboarder.... so of course there are casualties

I was always curious about them. I don't know why they are needed so much, but I can see their value. If they could make an enclosed version that could go up to 50 mph, I would look into one.

@MrUbiquitousTech

8 жыл бұрын

That's called a car. :)

@azyfloof

8 жыл бұрын

Now _that_ was funny 😂 I once heard the Segway described as "for people who want to travel faster than walking, but slower than driving, and have never heard of a bicycle"

How come we didn't see you out there doing loops on the SEGWAY?

Andrew is quite the Segway pilot!

Thanks Tubalcain: It is a marvel of technology. And the price of this toy is from...$5000 to $6000. Well beyond what most John Does can afford. New York, 07/27/16.

How fast is this in the rabbit speed?

No Tubalcain Cut-away?

You can have the Segway. I want the antique tractor!

No cut-away? :)

Nice video. Speaking as a pediatrician who has seen too many kids with head injuries, please make sure Andrew wears the helmet properly. Straps need to be tight.

Dang it. I thought this would be the video that we would see the man that's behind the voice that is tublecain. I've gotten to know your hands pretty well, but never seen a face :)

@jameslawrence8734

8 жыл бұрын

he has shown himself in at least one video before, but good luck. if it was just that one time i saw, that makes it 1/7% of the time.

@jmlcolorado

8 жыл бұрын

+james lawrence he's got quite a collection of videos to go through :)

@stefantrethan

8 жыл бұрын

His field trip video. For quite some time I was going like "Who is this guy talking to the camera? Must be his field trip buddy". Even his voice sounded different from further away. I think there is another very early video (on files?) with his face, but I must have missed it. He doesn't look nearly as old as he claims.

nice tractor [the brown one]

Mr Pete the children are very good at high tech things just like cellphones and such I don't think I would try that if you payed me great video thanks

1) I was sorta hoping you'd dismantle it and make a cut-away .... 2) By the way, you also didn't mention how the inventor died. 3) I live in the Washington, DC area, and I sometimes see groups of tourists on the mall on Segways. It's a funny sight.

@mrpete222

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks-I just added that--he was the owner--not the inventor.

@carver3419

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks ... I stand corrected.

@carver3419

8 жыл бұрын

That'd gotta be really embarrassing ....

My 18 inch wheels are a bit larger than your 18 inch wheels, some sort of optical illusion? Keep on keeping on.

@rwbishop

8 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... with automotive stuff is the wheel diameter (metal part) thats specified... he was measuring Segway's tire outer diameter. Check it out!

@AmateurRedneckWorkshop

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah your right, I was just fooling with mrpete.

Jimi lived in the village next to my home town and was best known for manufacturing the Hesco bastion barrier system used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan by UK and US military. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Heselden

Not sure about the US, but these things are crazy expensive in Canada. $10000!

Segways are indeed fun. I have one of the early versions which steers with a twist-grip on one of the handle bars, rather than by leaning the stalk. Unfortunately, mine is showing some sort of fault (and consequently will not power up), and I've not got it repaired yet. I taught my dad to ride it when he was 85. bit.ly/bill_meek_segway

"And what's a Segway?" "I have no clue, know about the Henway but don't know nuttin bout no Segway."

Powered by MEMS! Cute kid too.

More on the 'Electronic Gyroscopes' here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrating_structure_gyroscope

@kevCarrico

8 жыл бұрын

excellent information -- thank you!

@rwbishop

8 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! They really are fascinating technology; cheap, reliable, efficient and rugged. So many millions are now incorporated into everyday products it boggles the mind...

I can assure you that learning to ride in turtle mode will cause you to fall when you put it in normal mode. If you were to ever lean the steering that much it will spin around so quickly it will break your neck. I suggest you learn to ride in normal mode and make VERY small inputs until your brain associates how little movement it takes to steer. In normal mode it is so sensitive it seems it is reading your mind.

I have a good friend that made one of this and he can adjust the gain on it. It will run MUCH faster then the Segway.

I like that kid...

who wants to see Tubalcain ride it?

In this YT video kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2h2q61wlpvYf8o.html at 0:48 and 2:58 you can see a cameraman of Dutch television using a Segway with a special camera mount, a so called Steadicam. Quite fascinating to watch. Notice the big fat tyres. .

I know I can do that cause I have done it before

"each is much more powerful than the PC you currently sit at"(sic), not quoted verbatim. This is strictly untrue as the Segway and hoverboard type of mechanisms use the same type of sensors and processors which are designed specifically for a certain type of input and output. While they are capable of of processing information at a rate exceeding that of the human mind they are nowhere near that of your even low end modern processor. It's just a case of the processor is hard wired for this particular use case.

young ,and called no fear, lol

I rode a Segway in Africa

put a seat on it... and you have a Houveround wheerchair LOL

@azyfloof

8 жыл бұрын

Yodamobile! :D

Better if u can do off screen audio recording sir ! Nice video btw

@shanek6582

8 жыл бұрын

I like it the way he does it.

@godsparticle7657

8 жыл бұрын

Still...

@shanek6582

8 жыл бұрын

He does enough work just making and editing these videos, and most all of us think they are perfect the way they are. I would rather he not do the over screen you're talking about. All you accomplish when making suggestions like that is to put a seed of doubt about the quality of the videos someone makes, and when someone puts pride in their work, it's an a$&hole thing to do. We're lucky mrpete shares anything with us.

@MrUbiquitousTech

8 жыл бұрын

+Shanke K I agree, Mr. Pete's videos are perfect, he doesn't need to change a thing.

@godsparticle7657

8 жыл бұрын

@ Sir Mr pete :D

It would be nice to be able to afford this $4,000.00 or $5,000.00 tool.

"too expensive" says the man with like 14 lathes

@MrUbiquitousTech

8 жыл бұрын

A lathe has a purpose...

This looks like a toy to make people even fatter! A lot of thought and technology has gone into this device.

I was disappointed in the Segways when they came out, I don't know if you remember but there was a lot of hype about them before they came out (because it was a big secret exactly what it was) and people were saying they would revolutionize mankind and how he traveled! People were speculating it was some kind of hovercraft since the guy that invented them was supposed to be some kind of genius. It is a neat thing, but overpriced and nothing more then a stand up electric scooter, not exactly revolutionary.

Well that was disappointing, you didn't take it apart and show the inter workings.

@woof5427

8 жыл бұрын

well lend him yours then!

inventor drove off a cliff..though no one will say if accident or ......

In the year 5555 your arms hangin limp by your side, your legs got nothing to do. Some machine's doin that for you.

Witchcraft

That dog don't hunt.

No way No how. Don't like them Sam I am.

more Jordan less Andrew.

@drewdarkknight1861

3 жыл бұрын

No less Jordan more Andrew

In this video the instructor seems not to have too much confidence in himself as he has informed us the segue is powered up but he has no confidence in himself so he says he's not powered up As well as children are born into this world and they just received instructions from speaking baby talk to speaking the child's first words unresponse of comprehension of processing the information that I get the ear gate the mind will perceive as the mouth speaks We just take instructions blink and be 50 no one knows whom they are until they realize whom they have grown into some will deny instructions This is my 10-year-old grandson Andrew say hi to the camera ✨Hi✨🧏🏾‍♂️ As the instructor the grandfather becomes much more confident When explaining the Segway instructions to his grandson his confidence level perks tremendously high as passing the inheritance to your children's children The roll Green from the grandson received from his grandfather on how to introduce himself to the world We emulate and imitate and follow instructions or some disobey the rules

@mrpete222

Жыл бұрын

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