Behold The Mega-Wheelie, A Huge One-Wheeled Electric Skateboard

https://hackaday.com/2023/10/29/behold-the-mega-wheelie-a-huge-one-wheeled-electric-skateboard/

10 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world

10 Comments

DScratch@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Looks excellent for stripping the hair and skin from the insides of your calves.

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

It doubles as a hair removal system!

RGB3x3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Pretty soon, you'll just straddle a semi-truck tire and ride it like a sideways horse.

FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Damn, and I thought the One Wheels were sketchy...

czech@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

They really built this on hard mode. There is a huge open source community making onewheels of various sizes using VESC software.

mapleseedfall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Oooh! Can you point one out to me? I always wanted an onewheel but its pricy

litchralee@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The aspect ratio of that tire is quite substantial. I understand that's desirable for off-road automobiles, but does the same apply here? A lot of volume inside the wheel could potentially be repurposed and filled with something that could reduce the board's moment of intertia. I presume that's a useful parameter for a self balancing craft, but idk.

BURN@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Wide + Flat does seem like a recipe for the most grip. There’s a larger tyre contact patch that way.

Never ridden a one wheel though, and don’t really plan on it, so my intuition could completely be off

MBZzZzZzZz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Quite the comfy stance.

yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 2y

I've seen one with a slightly smaller wheel but it seemed great