GlennT
Gold Member
Does anyone know if a FEL is available for the Segway? If you are not familiar with this vehicle, it can be viewed at www.segway.com
The Segway
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Mike_Dumond
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I waited a whole year for a scooter. I can't believe it. But, I bet he makes beaucoup bucks on it. Maybe a back blade, hmmmm.
Keep the greasy side down.
Mike
Keep the greasy side down.
Mike
Bob_Trevithick
Platinum Member
After all the hype on this thing, I was hoping for something a bit more exotic. Perhaps an over-unity motor, or an electro-gravitic drive. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Still, the gadget-lover in me is interested...
In our rural setting, my wife and I could take our evening walks without incurring any of the associated health benefits.
Don't mind me.. just in a goofy mood today!
Bob Trevithick
Still, the gadget-lover in me is interested...
In our rural setting, my wife and I could take our evening walks without incurring any of the associated health benefits.
Don't mind me.. just in a goofy mood today!
Bob Trevithick
PitbullMidwest
Platinum Member
<font color=blue>FEL is available for the Segway? </font color=blue>
If there is, it won't require counterweight, the inventor claims the gyros make it nearly impossible to tip over. Now, if John Deere or Kubota were to add gyros....
If there is, it won't require counterweight, the inventor claims the gyros make it nearly impossible to tip over. Now, if John Deere or Kubota were to add gyros....
DVerbarg
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<font color=blue>if John Deere or Kubota were to add gyros....</font color=blue> we wouldn't need tilt meters anymore and Rick's business would dryup /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif/w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif. Hey Rick, maybe you could work out a deal with segway to implement "tip-proof" technology in tractors /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif...
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Harv
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You know, I've been following this Segway thing the last couple of days, and although I find it an interesting, and even fun concept, I'm at a loss to picture what market it's going to address. Mind you, I've spent the last several years proving I have absolutely no business sense. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
At some $3,500 a pop, it is more than a novelty item, so it must have some "serious" applications. I can sort of see mail carriers using them in suburban areas, but I know of some dogs in my own neighborhood who are just waiting to find out if they taste good. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
From what I've heard, one of the target markets is pedestrian commuters, those who have a regular, long walk along the sidewalks getting to and from work. It turns out that such a vehicle would be illegal on sidewalks as the current laws now read. Oops! /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif So then they would have to turn to the streets. Oops! Illegal there, too. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif The possible exception would be areas which have bike lanes, and even then there would be issues.
Since they do have pretty good off-road capability, maybe they would be good for folks in the country whose mailbox is a far piece from the house. But then, that's what we have tractors for, isn't it? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
All in all, I guess I'm a little disturbed by something that is intended to replace walking. There goes the last bit of real exercise a lot of people ever get. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
At some $3,500 a pop, it is more than a novelty item, so it must have some "serious" applications. I can sort of see mail carriers using them in suburban areas, but I know of some dogs in my own neighborhood who are just waiting to find out if they taste good. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
From what I've heard, one of the target markets is pedestrian commuters, those who have a regular, long walk along the sidewalks getting to and from work. It turns out that such a vehicle would be illegal on sidewalks as the current laws now read. Oops! /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif So then they would have to turn to the streets. Oops! Illegal there, too. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif The possible exception would be areas which have bike lanes, and even then there would be issues.
Since they do have pretty good off-road capability, maybe they would be good for folks in the country whose mailbox is a far piece from the house. But then, that's what we have tractors for, isn't it? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
All in all, I guess I'm a little disturbed by something that is intended to replace walking. There goes the last bit of real exercise a lot of people ever get. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Paul_in_CT
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I could see large manufacturing companies using them. Boeing, GE The Pentagon,etc. Many of these places use a number of golf carts, bicycles,etc in their facilities because the have huge buildings spread out over large areas. But I`m with you Harv if it isnt that far and you have no major health issues then walk. Sometimes I wonder how many people need those electric carts. You see more and more in the malls. I will take the stairs if feasible as opposed to waiting for an elevator or riding the escalator. Many times the stairs are quicker because everyone is waiting for the same elevator because they are to lazy to walk one flight of stairs (up or down)
Bird
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I agree, Harv. Looks like a great novelty item that rich folks, particularly teenagers, will buy for fun. But I really haven't been able to imagine a practical use for one yet. Maybe that's because for me it is more tiring to stand in one place than to keep walking.
I saw the guy on TV with a briefcase mounted on one, but can it pull a trailer; maybe then I could imagine a practical use for it.
I saw the guy on TV with a briefcase mounted on one, but can it pull a trailer; maybe then I could imagine a practical use for it.
PitbullMidwest
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From what I've read its not the segway itself that is revolutionary, but the technology. The scooter is simply the platform to introduce advances in gyroscopic stabilization and direction censing control to the general public.
As the name implies, the segway is the vehicle (no pun intended) that will lead this technology to bigger and perhaps more practical uses. History shows that the one who discovers or develops a new technology often has no practical application for it, but once the genie is one of the bottle others will greatly expand on it.
My 7 year old son thought it was neat, but said he would rather have some snow and a snow board for Christmas, whew! he just saved me $3,000 /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
As the name implies, the segway is the vehicle (no pun intended) that will lead this technology to bigger and perhaps more practical uses. History shows that the one who discovers or develops a new technology often has no practical application for it, but once the genie is one of the bottle others will greatly expand on it.
My 7 year old son thought it was neat, but said he would rather have some snow and a snow board for Christmas, whew! he just saved me $3,000 /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Bird
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Good point, Pitbull.