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Here's a fun report of making something (very!) like this from scratch: http://transistor-man.com/flying_nimbus.html http://transistor-man.com/flying_nimbus.ht

Here's a fun report of making something (very!) like this from scratch: http://transistor-man.com/flying_nimbus.html http://transistor-man.com/flying_nimbus.html I don't think they're related, but they're so similar it's hard not to believe there's not some inspiration in some direction. Dunno which direction it is, though.

psylence519 12y ago
There’s a link to the Onewheel at the bottom of that page, no indication they’re related though.
rndn 12y ago
That is a surprisingly short code for the balancing logic.
- transistor-man 12y ago
  Small world! The flying nimbus-thing is my contraption, feel free to ask any questions. Just moved servers so some of the photos may load artificially small.
  - stonlyb 12y ago
    any plans to make it commercially available?
    - transistor-man 12y ago
      The onewheel folks's prototype inspired a lot of my build, there's quite a bit of tech to keep something like this happy and safe to use, check out their manufacturing line: http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/02/onewheel-assembly/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/02/onewheel-assembly/
      - jacquesm 12y ago
        Textbook example of what a kickstarter campaign can do and how to run one.