Experimental Star Wars Speeder Bike

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I built a Star Wars Speeder Bike with omni-directional wheels powered by electric jet engines. I also have a plan for another version of the Star Wars Speeder Bike. Last time, I took the guts from a hoverboard and used them to make a balancing bike. Each original hoverboard wheel is mounted on the bike and drives the bike wheels with a drive belt. This makes the resulting velocity the same as it would have been when the hoverboard wheels were touching the ground. So now the balancing electronics still work as designed since the output velocity of the vehicle is the same.
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@jamesbruton 8 месяцев назад

Don't forget to watch the end for my Version 2 plans.

@CardboardIsYummy 8 месяцев назад

@inadad8878 8 месяцев назад

Very cool. How do you feel like a 3D printed "Salto" pogo sticking robot?

@ihatemicrosoftsobadly3188 8 месяцев назад

okay looking great! Good Job! Plans for version 2 are looking great so far! in case you want to take the V1 for a quick test again you might want to consider writing custom firmware for the microcontroller on board.

@philurbaniak1811 8 месяцев назад

👍👍 looking great, dude 😃!

@StevenHouse1980 8 месяцев назад

Perhaps the next version will have less mass.

@avocette 8 месяцев назад

You should just limit the handlebar control to rotational steering and isolate sideways motion to the footpegs so that you can put your weight on the handlebars much comfortably and the leaning forces on each of your arms balance the handlebars straight until you use additional force to turn them. Great video as always!! EDIT: Being an avid cyclist (which James's vehicle is similar to in terms of ground contact), I have thought of concepts that I believe have considerable contribution to stability/balance: 1. The mutual exclusivity in motion is being forcibly relayed into the controls under the rider/operator's contact points (arms and legs). One can not turn the handlebars both left and right, and one cannot put both pedals downwards at the same time. 2. The motion of the controls, which also act as the ground/support of the operator, should not coincide or interfere with the operator's own self-stabilization. Angular steering via the handlebars should not cause the vehicle to rotate with the steering axis, and the foot controls should not interfere with the operator's ability to compensate their balance during sideways translation. Translating these concepts into James's design, one would isolate angular steering to the handlebars, with the front wheel rotating equal or faster than the rear wheel. There would also be foot pedals (similar to bicycle pedals but bolted directly without the cranks) that are mechanically coupled in such a way that when one is tilted forwards the other tilts the opposite and vice versa, giving the operator a sense of rigidity as they stand on the pedals with the pedals angularly level. this alternate tilting or rotation of the pedals will then control sideways translation. Again this is purely conceptual but I do hope these anecdotal observations from someone who has considerable time riding vehicles with only two points of contact to the ground will help you with this project.

@kschleic9053 8 месяцев назад

Agreed. If the foot pegs were pedals instead of relaying on twisting the two segments for rotation, it would be back to an ankle movement.

@PirateJohnson 8 месяцев назад

It honestly seems like a VERY simple solution, to make this A LOT less complicated than it is and benefitted NOTHING from.

@AndrewRGross 8 месяцев назад

There's a lot to be learned from V1, and I really look forward to seeing V2.

@Renae-ca 8 месяцев назад

I say use the exact hoverboard mechanism (both feet forward to go forward, et cetera), BUT, keep the handlebar twist throttle to control the amount of forward thrust. Handlebars rigid and strictly for support.@@kschleic9053

@Tawnos_ 8 месяцев назад

I'd lose the handlebars completely and change to a joystick. Lean weight forward more like a sports motorcycle and you can move chest side to side alongside using pegs for shifting weight front and back like the original hoverboard.

@LettingLove 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your endless efforts on making the world of engineering, robotics, mechatronics an inspiring world, May your day be made the way you made mine, Greetings from Syria.

@user-dy1vf7lu3i 8 месяцев назад

SYRIAN BROTHERRRRRR

@NK-rm7kc 8 месяцев назад

Syria? Tell me something: Why your brother flee to Germany? You have internet, RU-vid…live seems ok! So, no need to immigrate to Germany. We respect your culture, but we hate that you flood Germany. We do not want u in Germany. Cheers.

@Mister_Fister. 8 месяцев назад

he doesnt care about ur comment

@meridiasbeacon7669 8 месяцев назад

@@Mister_Fister.Individual creators very much care about comments. They are people. Hearing that people enjoy what you produce is always great. If you made someone's day better with your video, you are leading a successful career in my eyes.

@infinitehexington 7 месяцев назад

Tbf he literally went a few feet, fell over and put dubstep over it...

@Frank_D14 8 месяцев назад

I think another issue that would help is the seating position. You are sitting very high on it and would benefit from a more "sport bike" position. Either way this is incredible and I cannot wait to see V2!

@tallgirlmodel 7 месяцев назад

He could 3D scan his back side and make a perfect seat and print one.

@GrindHardPlumbingCo 7 месяцев назад

WOW I have been dreaming of this since I was a kid!

@THESLlCK 7 месяцев назад

look who it is!

@jasmijnariel 7 месяцев назад

So the last 2years?

@THESLlCK 7 месяцев назад

@@jasmijnariel lol comical

@palasta 7 месяцев назад

Dreaming of what? An impractical designed bi-cycle?

@henrycarroll2079 6 месяцев назад

I expect a cbr1000 speedster now lol

@mattiasfagerlund 8 месяцев назад

Cool stuff! I think controlling sideways motion with your knees would be easier. I believe riders use their knees to control horses - and you can control a bicycle or motorcycle with your knees so it's very intuitive. Having a solid handlebar to hold on to seems essential - a small hiccup can quickly escalate to a full on disaster otherwise.

@nutbastard 8 месяцев назад

I have to agree. The floating handlebar seems fine on paper but in practice, and on conventional bicycles, it’s the primary anchor point, and the point at which one’s finest motor skills can be employed. I used to play Segway Polo, and the older ones had twist grip steering while the i2’s had tilt bar steering. The older rigid twist grips were vastly superior and allowed for riding styles that were wild by comparison, and far less likely to end with the rider eating grass. Adding more degrees of freedom to add more nuance to the controls also adds more opportunity for rider error. In theory this also adds more nuance of motion but that’s not always desirable over stability and predictability.

@timobensch3904 8 месяцев назад

who controlls their motorcycle with their knees?? you can use your hips to shift weight for a better response when you want to lean the bike, but generally the leaning action comes from turning the steering wheel and then bein leaned into the opposite direction you steered in because of gyroscopic effect

@mattiasfagerlund 8 месяцев назад

@@timobensch3904 counter steering is certainly the way to control a motorcycle at speed. but a lot of riding techniques requires knee control: "Your knees can also act as a rudder, helping you steer the bike through turns. By squeezing the bike on the inside of the turn, you can help initiate the turn and maintain your line through the corner. It improves your riding style. Squeezing the bike with your knees is a key component of proper motocross technique." and "Proper standing riding posture should include knees that are constantly engaged in the action. They may begin stacked directly over the pegs but are frequently squeezing and releasing the inner portion of the seat and/or tank. It is this squeeze point at the knees that allows for some of the most significant rider input to the bike. With the knees doing this much work, your upper body can remain light on the handlebars and your adventure can last much longer."

@StillConfusing 8 месяцев назад

@@timobensch3904 that's not why bikes turn, you use your knees to hold your body to the bike so you don't have any weight on your hands, the bike turns in due to counter steering, gyroscopic effects have minimal impact on the balancing of bikes, it's the frame geometry that keeps it balanced

@timobensch3904 8 месяцев назад

@@StillConfusing I can assure you, with 7 years of driving experience, once you go over ~30km/h your steering and leaning is done by countersteering. and you have to countersteering because of the gyroscopic effect. as soon as you turn your handlebar to the left, your motorcycle will respond by leaning and also turning to the right. you can make it turn/lean faster if you move your hips/shift your weight accordingly. but you do not use your knees to steer the bike. you also don't use them to hold on to the bike (you maybe use them to help stay on the bike if you try to slide your knee over the pavement/if you lean really far)

@diy_wizard 8 месяцев назад

Wow just amazing! I’m amazed that 3d printed parts carry this weight and can withstand the forces!

@Wazaarbazaar 8 месяцев назад

All depending on the infill and print angle

@AWMulholland99 4 месяца назад

This is re-inventing the wheel

@SrNerd 8 месяцев назад

Add a "Joystick Deadzone" to the handler and add propulsors at the front part. This should give you more speed and a better control

@dishsoap5554 8 месяцев назад

If this man dedicated his time to make weapons, the world would be a far Bleeker place.

@VisceraOpus 7 месяцев назад

Don't worry his FBI guy has a direct line to DARPA

@sillyman357 7 месяцев назад

It's nerf or nothing

@caseMasterxL 8 месяцев назад

This is what ME/EE engineering course labs should look like. Bravo.

@Gwallacec2 8 месяцев назад

I really wanna see you build a speeder that can go side to side and forward. I feel like you’re the best suited person to make it a reality. Great job!

@dambaek. 7 месяцев назад

I love the turned out pockets and red-swoosh Nikes - Nice BTTF call-out. "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." 😎

@leoncaples2947 8 месяцев назад

This looks dangerous. *I love it. Give me more.*

@leelees 2 месяца назад

This looks absurd

@shenlong3879 7 месяцев назад

I've never seen Mecanum Wheels used in line on one axis. Will be interesting to see how well the combined directional vectors work with that.

@rolfathan 7 месяцев назад

I love this. Also, there was a really cool and very different speeder bike design introduced in Shadows of the Empire that might be notable for inspiration. (It looks like a bridge between the imperial design, and those sleeker, more motorcycle looking ones from the newer stuff)

@dot_dot_pwn2650 8 месяцев назад

You're literally my idol man. The stuff ive learned watching your videos is literally invaluable to me. Truly appreciate all your hard work putting these videos together, you really pump out the work. Its very impressive.

@nope-mb5fm 7 месяцев назад

this is incredible and you are an absolute monster of engineering! It seems like you are going to get this going beautifully in the near future, but seeing you crash and break that piece makes me think that for future versions, an exoskeleton frame would be really nice to protect everything (and look awesome!) Obviously itd be a big weight difference, but I have no doubt that you'll be able to compensate in the future, especially for a "final" version!

@marcfruchtman9473 8 месяцев назад

This project is AMAZING. I can't way to see a version that can improve the stabilization. Exceptionally well done.

@billycross2716 8 месяцев назад

That plant survived so much. You were a stalwart soldier. I salute you. 07

@ryankillian8597 8 месяцев назад

As a long time fan of you channel it’s just insane to pause and think, man we are so far gone from the days when you were outsourcing 3D prints to 3rd party vendors for that original Iron Man suite. It’s just so cool to see the technology advance so far over the years.

@diyathomevn 8 месяцев назад

Great job, man. It's a very unusual and most importantly very interesting idea! Thank you very much for your tireless efforts in making the world of engineering, robotics, and mechatronics an inspiring world.

@ghostbeetle2950 4 месяца назад

Congratulations on surviving the first speeder bike crash in the Solar System! Well done!

@zelzrigor76 8 месяцев назад

Love what you're doing, and think you're building the beginnings of something that'll be HUGE in our future

@Rich77UK 8 месяцев назад

You sir are a certified genius.

@johnrudd6311 7 месяцев назад

I love this idea. Have you thought about having a stable foot area with pedals for the offsets? This would be less like a hoverboard but more like a speeder bike, and probably also make it easier to "rest" your feet instead of having them in constant tension even when trying to just keep things neutral. The other things is maybe a dead-man switch on the handlebars because it looks like when you suddenly are needing to dump the bike, the bike electronics seem to be working against you instead of letting you just recover to your feet. If you could just "let go" of something on the handlebars to tell the bike "stop trying to compensate against me", then it might make it easier to deal with that situation?

@Bad__Music2262 5 месяцев назад

Agreed. It seems like it would be a good idea to implement motorcycle foot peg and foot pedals but use them to control yaw and strafe instead of controlling the typical rear brake and gear shifter. He might have to design an additional foot pedal each side positioned above the foot so that pushing it up gives the opposite input for that side. Maybe yaw left is down left foot + up right foot and strafe left is just down left foot + no right foot input? Or some combination of those, I don't know which should be which to feel more natural. In general, basing the speeder controls off of motorcycle controls seems like a good idea, if motorcycles have a design that works, and they don't have a stability/bracing/comfort issue, then it'll probably work for this, as long as it's even possible to remap the controls to actually suit his purposes. Twist throttle on the handlebars was a good idea, and he probably doesn't need a clutch, so he's free to use both hand levers for brakes. If he does implement multiple gears, they probably won't be manual, so he could use two thumb buttons to electronically switch gears.

@coriddeval1815 3 месяца назад

One of the coolest things I have seen being made, genius. I know this is basically pre Alpha stage in development, so I can only imagine what it will end as

@hkn-makingview9780 8 месяцев назад

I'm super excited to see the continuation of this. Amazing work

@laurensnieuwland4657 8 месяцев назад

Since you're moving forward more often than sideways, wouldn't it make more sense to install the wheels length-wise and use the "wheels" inside the wheels to move sideways? Apart from that, awesome video!!!

@alexlyster3459 6 месяцев назад

Probably an issue of stability. Balancing it would be nearly impossible the way you're suggesting

@johnyshadow 4 месяца назад

@@alexlyster3459 I´m probably late (I just randomly found the video), but wouldn´t making the wheels 3-layers (instead of 2) solve the balancing problem? (But then it wouldn´t really look anywhere near like a speeder. It would just be a fancy bike.)

@alexlyster3459 4 месяца назад

@johnyshadow It would solve some of the issues, but ultimately create more than it solved. There's a reason people don't use flat wheels on bikes. You want rounded off wheels for turning, and going for 3 layers think your wheels would relatively flat

@lukasmarks6504 8 месяцев назад

Already seen a few ideas to improve the steering, but I feel like tossing in my two cents anyway: I remember seeing a speeder (I think in the clonewars series) whose handlebars only moved front to back for acceleration and deceleration. So you lean on them to push them forward, accelereating the speeder and leaning back, thus pulling it back to decelerate. Sideways motion and turning was done with leaning to one of the sides and foot pedals, I believe. I feel like this could be somewhat replicated for your omniwheels by integrating the boards for measuring the angle into (or onto) foot pedals that you seesaw front and back. Turning could then be done by tilting one forward and the other backward simultaneously for example. Whether one would solve the sideways movement through the aforementioned leaning of the body, or by configuring the foot pedals to tilting both in the same direction for one side, would need testing as for the intuitivity I'd say.

@sebaalge6674 8 месяцев назад

Hello, ex motorcycle mechanic, and i've rode bikes for 14 years: In sport bikes (high seat, low handlebar) you rly can't hold to the bars, because a tiny input can result in a big lean. The trick is that you hold the bars like the hand of a newborn, and you actualy hold your body hugging the tank with your knee. So i suggest to add a contraption that might help you hold your torso up by anchoring yourself with your knees and thighs. A "fake fuel tank" if you will!

@Sinthasized 7 месяцев назад

Soooooooooo awesome! V2 sounds absolutely ridiculous and like it could be the ultimate riding machine.

@Ima_Tron 8 месяцев назад

Sounds like you've already got a plan for a redesign with those mechanum wheels, but I still think a 3 wheel design is worth exploring, using the middle wheel as the forward/reverse motion while leaving the front and rear in their current orientation.

@MildManNerd 8 месяцев назад

Wonderful design James! Thank you for all your experiments. Maybe we can incorporate the upcoming Raspi 5 in future builds?

@redflag6056 7 месяцев назад

You’re a f***ing Genius 😲 just casually creating the future of transportation like it’s nothing … bravo good sir bravo 👏🏻

@jeremyanderson9872 7 месяцев назад

wow, I can really see you reinventing how we move. This is awesome and probably coolest thing I've seen all year.

@kadenhesse9777 8 месяцев назад

This is so cool! I wonder if a joystick might feel more natural than handlebars? like a helicopter.

@DigitalChaosClub 8 месяцев назад

@@lil.dogbytea world where the bicycle has a floating control, and multiple directions of movement a normal bicycle has 1 direction, forward the from wheel turns to direct it, this has 3, circular, side to side and forward, so a joystick might make more sense bc helicopters are the same way

@DrWhom 8 месяцев назад

JB's problem with this version is that the handlebar is "floating" - firm arm rests fixed to the frame so as to allow a normal biker position might be better. Small joysticks, like those found on rc controls, could be mounted on the ends of these, effectively pointing away from the rider's body and posing no threat in an accident. @@lil.dogbyte

@Pandamime 8 месяцев назад

What about using feet pedals to move right/left instead of having the handle bars pivot left and right? That way your handle bars will be much more rigid

@littlebitmoreksp 8 месяцев назад

at first i was like "woah that's so cool, this is a really nifty project" and then i saw the mecanum wheel plans and went "WOAHHH THAT'S GONNA BE FRICKIN EPIC"

@Zombie-Builds 6 месяцев назад

well, James I got to congratulate you for your genius design

@LokiBeckonswow 8 месяцев назад

I really loved hearing about your future plans at the end, can't wait to see this, really great ideas and explanations here thx !

@337ClimbingSnowman 7 месяцев назад

Now, imagine a James Bruton + Colin Furze collab! Would make for some marvellous builds, I believe. 😎

@MrGrumpydriver 7 месяцев назад

This is great, love your enthusiasm for not giving up & exploring new solutions 🙂

@smac919 8 месяцев назад

Videos like this will literally lead to the creation of real speeder bikes lol. KEEP INNOVATING!

@kevinmcnamara7897 7 месяцев назад

The nerdiest and most delightful projects. Thanks James.

@jhwblender 4 месяца назад

That's awesome! To make it safer and more controllable my suggestion would be to fix the handlebar in place and have 3 inputs controlling the hoverboard board angles. - The first would be the angle of the bike to get back more automatic stability - The second would be a foot pedal where rotating the foot forward and back would rotate the bike clockwise and counter-clockwise. - The third would be force sensors where your knees sit to detect how far you're leaning one way or another to translate sideways

@jettyseb 8 месяцев назад

I love it! idea for next project: A self-driving wheelchair controlled your mind!

@lai5115 7 месяцев назад

V2 looks mad! Can't wait to see it. Hope it works.

@tallgirlmodel 7 месяцев назад

It’s so good that you show your successes and failures while teaching us all ❤

@TemplarOnHigh 7 месяцев назад

Awesome work. It's utterly ridiculous, impractical at this stage, but what a fun project for the sake of itself.

@WhateverNick 5 месяцев назад

Excited to see where this goes next!

@Will-mk5pj 7 месяцев назад

This speeder looks so insane but so much fun! I love it

@Brocknoviatch 8 месяцев назад

Bonkers, love it 🥰 Can’t wait for version 2!

@DakotaPaw 7 месяцев назад

I am stoked to see part 2! If you get a stable version going I'd love to see if we can replicate it for our starwars charity stuff.

@BurgerManBennie 6 месяцев назад

Dude reinvented the wheel!

@colinmj.jalbert5436 8 месяцев назад

Pushing technology forward!!! Brilliant

@HACKTACULAR. 7 месяцев назад

Seems wildly unpractical… AND I LOVE IT!!!😂

@SmirkingSmirk 7 месяцев назад

This is so awesome, your creativity is on another level 😅

@Kireita 7 месяцев назад

this man can make any sci-fi fantasy come true. god i wish i was this talented to make my own medabot XD

@JosueReynoso 4 месяца назад

It's ironic that you convert the inclination of the handlebar into rotational position, measure that position with the potentiometer which in turn moves a servo that changes the inclination of the original hover board circuit board, only for that circuit board to turn those measurements measures into commands for the wheel to move. You were trying to save time by using an existing product, but you ended up working three times as much and introduced additional complications, like the acceleration you mention at the end of the video. You could have used the inclination and rotation of the handlebar directly to move the wheels. Fun video to watch. Thanks for sharing. I am sure it was a great learning experience.

@Geaxuce 5 месяцев назад

We are getting closer and closer to living in the star wars universe. Hacksmith making lightsabers, Boston Dynamics making droids, some other company making clones and you making speeder bikes... The last step is for the Dalai Lama to start showing off his Jedi powers lol

@magicmitch5000 7 месяцев назад

I can't wait for part 3, this is awesome.

@aveighht1007 5 месяцев назад

This is actually so damn awesome, I love creative people so much

@DragonxFlutter 7 месяцев назад

Projects like this are the foundation of the future!

@powderriver2424 7 месяцев назад

Pretty clever. I believe we will be seeing a lot of our movie machines come to life as technology moves ever forward.

@rickpontificates3406 7 месяцев назад

Very nice! Speaking from arcade experience, I would suggest replacing the steering pot with an optical encoder wheel and two photo interrupters. Direction is determined by which optic clocks first, and the encoder wheel will also give you better feedback on the speed of steering rotation.

@Rawi888 8 месяцев назад

Large Multimodal Models are going to make your channel supercharged. Can't wait for you to make cool robots.

@jakekisiel7399 6 месяцев назад

I love your Omni-directional wheels. They are awesome and really big. 😮

@scottydogmyers 7 месяцев назад

One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen!

@ReignitedAuto 6 месяцев назад

Love the development to this point, very entertaining! 👏

@Zappy1210 4 месяца назад

Nice prototype build here.

@05hdmike 6 месяцев назад

you are a smart guy.... it was cool for me to see a part of what is in your head....thanks

@hoanglinhvu106 7 месяцев назад

I don't really know if this might work, but here's some idea: 1. use a third omni wheel at the middle of the bike for forward and backward movement. a bike doesn't necessary need to only have 2 wheels. put it on some kind of suspension system to make sure the front and back wheels still come in contact with the surface at all time 2. instead of tilting the handle to move sideway, make a switch that you can control it with your foot: press forward left or right to move sideway, and press at the heels location to rotate (kinda similar to a motorbike gear shift). this way you will have more handling while on the bike, hand will also be more stable than just sitting on it other than that, this bike look awesome, and the idea is creative.

@chrisperrywv 6 месяцев назад

Man that thing is wild looking in motion.

@swamihuman9395 8 месяцев назад

- One word: "training wheels" :D - But, kudos for the effort... crazy man :)

@monolith4653 3 месяца назад

"No, son we have Star Wars speeder bike at home"

@mcpa2991 8 месяцев назад

It is funny to think that sometime in the future people will be talking about the history of some kind of transport that we can't even imagine right now and they will be showing videos like this! Like we look at flapping-wing planes and steam powered bicycles...

@EyeNoDyeKnow 8 месяцев назад

You are making my lifelong dream a reality. Keep up the good work!

@frogmtndoc 8 месяцев назад

You could add a fast flywheel inside the frame as a gyro to help keep it upright. My design uses two cowled impellers front and back to keep unit stable and produce ducted thrust to provide lift and forward thrust. It is ostensibly a speeder bike without antigravity plates.

@jmarnoch 8 месяцев назад

Using a gyroscope could help control and mitigate the roll. Bicycles rely on spinning tires without them balancing is much harder. Here you have a central access and synchronized rotation of the wheels will require the user to offset the motors torque with body movement to prevent the rotation of the body around that access.

@eastmanwebb5477 8 месяцев назад

This is wildly creative!

@benb8075 8 месяцев назад

As someone else said, stabilize yourself using your legs against the bike. Since you are steering by tilting and turning the handlebars, you REALLY want to keep your body in line with the bike, much more than on a motorcycle where the only input on the bars is rotational. Additionally, you've disconnected the steering from the lean angle of the bike, so you need another controller and maybe another motor/gyroscope to keep the bike vertical when it leans, or at least keep it from falling over completely. Without that, gravity will pull you off the bike as you lean with nothing to stop it, especially since inertia isn't doing you any favors with those omni-wheels.

@DIYtechie 8 месяцев назад

Thank you once again. I would suggest that the forward direction is aligned with the outer wheel (the wheel with the largest circumference containing the smaller wheels). Like on a forklift. The smaller wheels are for ajust the direction and the bigger one is forward and backwards.

@-MRIDGAF- 4 месяца назад

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen

@nero0631 8 месяцев назад

the idea with omnidirectional wheels is just brilliant

@therobotstudio 8 месяцев назад

Fantastic work!

@rj5529 8 месяцев назад

it's actually refreshing to have an embedded ad that isn't ridge wallet or squarespace lol

@j.howardj 8 месяцев назад

I hope that someday you'll be able to develop something the masses would be able to buy, with all of this tinkering and learning.

@pihla3 8 месяцев назад

Very cleanly printed details!

@BlizzardWindowsNT 7 месяцев назад

0:34 I love how this reminds me of the bat-tumbler bike.

@brandonowens282 8 месяцев назад

Keep at it! Can't wait to see how this evolved! Subbed!

@anj000 8 месяцев назад

7:05 very brave of you to test this inside, in such small room, WITH PLANTS AND OTHER STUFF. I wouldn't sit on my invention if it wasn't a big field with lots of space and no hard things I could bash my head on.

@DominicClifton 8 месяцев назад

great job James!

@BoBobber383 7 месяцев назад

Those omni wheels look like they have very hard surface and not very good grip. But I cant really tell. Maybe put a rubberized coating on them. But that is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. Looks like fun

@contractorwolf 7 месяцев назад

you are also going to be dealing with the servo lag of the handlebars transmitting the value of the pot down to the peddle controller that then moves the servo that tilts the peddle sensor. You might want to bypass using the peddles as the controllers and directly manage the balance yourself. The mechanical delay is probably what makes it feel out of control. I know that gets away from your initial idea of just hacking the hoverboard to make this beast but I think you probably well beyond the hoverboard at this stage. Love your work btw.