CON.CA - A Self-Balancing Skateboard-Contraption The Flying Nimbus

A Self-Balancing Skateboard-Contraption

The Flying Nimbus

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Sat, Nov 15th, 2014 11:00 by capnasty NEWS

Using a recycled go kart tire, a gyro/accelerometer and a three-phase servo drive, Transitor Man shows you how he's put together The Flying Nimbus, a self-balancing skateboard-contraption that seems to work on just about any terrain it faces.

The Flying Nimbus, a high-power, self-balancing, transportation contraption, intended to combine a pile of recycled components, a spiffy three-phase servo drive and a bundle of batteries into a balancing skateboard contraption for zooming around everything from paved roads to park trails.

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