> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 07:59 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Segways aren't for everyone > > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:41:54 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > >At 07:31 PM 6/18/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Mr. Bush gets bucked... > >> > >>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030612/170/4dnhg.html > > > >Umm, I thought it was supposed to have a gyroscopic stabilization > >system so you couldn't fall off it? > > I heard it wasn't switched on.
Its always on.. unless the Segway itself is turned off. You have the grip it, iirc, for the gyros to function when you're mounting it. Its freaky, the first time you get on. You put your weight on it, and it starts to stabilize, so your instinct is to shift your weight in the opposite direction to compensate, at which point the Segway shifts to adjusts for your movement, which you instinctually adjust in the OPPOSITE direction yet again... and so on, until it either bucks you off or you "get it" After that, its loads of fun; the learning curve is about 45 seconds. -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
