Small if significant suggestion…
add a set of switches one under each foot to stop it moving around when you don’t have both feet firmly on board and just allow enough movement to allow it to balance (: saves destroying your work shop with a run away SegStick.
I also noticed that theirs only seems to have one battery running it? half power? I would prefer to see at least one and a half times power if not double (i may have to bench test under load to see the maximum voltage before I burn the motors out[just because I like the smell… haha)
im thinking maybe I can get away with ball-bearings in a series of plastic tubes with springs in the ends extra (as a cheap giro) and a two DPDT relays or some mosfets in parallel for control, to save on controller boards. No aldreno sorry to all the people on here i know you love them but personally I avoid them for that very reason :D I like the simple but elegant solution, the hacked or the slapped together in a hurry from bits in the junk box one. haha.
may remove or weld solid the chucks on the drills if I can to stop them clicking with all the extra power I intend to add (:
maybe a pair optical encoders from an old mouse on the motor not the wheels so i can measure the distance with a couple of 10 bit counters and a comparator. hmm.. an idea is forming i had better draw it so i dont forget the first bit by the time i get to the end (:
something tells me i shall be building something tomorrow (: (hang on i do every night haha)
take care and happy hacking (i mean new year… haha

could they find some more expensive drills to use?

Mirror site?

Didn’t really have to look at the pictures anyways since the writeup contained all the good stuff. Of course the obligatory “subscribe to see more advanced features” popup didn’t help.

one of the best builds yet…. problem is, the segway is a joke for “transportation” it offers no advantages other than to let people to turn into larger blobs of glutinous fat.

Call me when there is a segway that can do 70mph.

The DeWalt usage is popular due to the integrated system it provides – power, motor, transmission, with the chuck providing lots of coupling options. A lot of FIRST teams used them, and I’m sure the idea was around before that. Regardless of how expensive the drills are, custom gearboxes aren’t cheap either.

Instructables has the absolute worst, most convoluted, difficult to read layout anywhere on the entire internet. Sorry, I can’t waste any more time there. Otherwise great project.

instructables BOOOOOOOO!!!!