Hacks & Odds
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So, I didn't think TFL would come out with GT float plates so fast, so I ordered a couple pieces of slippery UHMW plastic to make my own. I went half the thickness of float plates so it would be easier to work with. I have the float plates on order, but I had already set my mind to making these, so I did. My GT should arrive tomorrow, so hoping it comes in good working order, I plan to slap these on.
I am not sure how they will hold up compared to the real thing, but they were cheap and I mostly enjoyed making them. Because I went with a thinner sheet, I purposely didn't screw them on, and instead used 3M VHB. So, another part of the experiment will be to see if they stay on.
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So, the 3M double-sided VHB did not hold, I have to say that I was kind of expecting that. For the next round, I am trying Gorilla Glue. It has a stronger bond, but dries hard and is easy to remove if it doesn't work.
While it was still on there, curb nudges were a blast. The compound I bought might be more slippery than what TFL uses. That, coupled with the power of the GT really makes it easy to pop up the curb.
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GT so much better today!
I saw Jake's review of OneTrickWheel Floaties (https://youtu.be/CuV2qOor5dA?t=0 ) and ordered 2 sets before the video was over. I am a HUGE fan of ElectricBigfoot HoverPads, but I have corresponded with Jason and he doesn't have an ETA. When they do come out, I have every intention of buying them and expect them to be better than the Floaties for me and what I am looking for.
All that said, I have the Floaties today, so how to make them more like EB HoverPads? I took my belt sander and made the top smooth. I also added concave into the foam itself, and I shaped it so there is now a nice, smooth concave instead of the sort-of concave (but really just having a lip around the outside) on the GT footpads. I removed my back grip tape, but applied the front on top of the GT grip tape, not wanting to mess with the sensors just yet. Then, I applied C&R grip tape over them. I bought two sets, so if the front one comes off, I have another pair to further experiment with.
In the end, they are like a small EB HoverPad, and the ride is so much better. I mean, so much better! I can't wait to try them out on a trail. If you think the stock GT footpad is just too hard and you are getting bounced around too much, I recommend looking into Floaties while we are waiting for ElectricBigfoot to release GT HoverPads.
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Here's another odd one... At a stop, when I dismount, my Plus tips over easily because of the narrow 5.5 tire, and because of the eight pound EGO battery mounted off-center on the kitchen stock pot fender. In the past the tip-over cracked a solder joint on an XT60 to XT90 adapter causing a crash with cracked ribs. Today, without the crash, a similar thing happened.
To do away with the XT adapters I simply spliced the wires of the EGO battery adapter to the wires off an XT90 using household wire nuts. A tip-over today knocked one wire nut off; I was very glad I noticed, otherwise it could have resulted in a sudden loss of power. After twisting the wire nut back on tightly, when I got home I replaced both with the next size smaller wire nuts -- thus tighter.
Anyone with better alternatives? On another of my EGO adapters to XT90 connector I tapped in twice -- Posi-taps both ways -- which looks weird but works.
I did try wiring directly to the posts on the Land-Surf EGO adapter, but the 3-D printing won't allow the loosening of the nuts there.
Maybe I just need to remember to tip the board gently onto its heel side on each dismount.colored text
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@s-leon Glad you caught the issue this time. Do you have some new pics of the setup to cast our eyes over?
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@lia -- Photos are a problem for me at this juncture in time. The way my phone/camera is set up I have to text photos to Ruth Anne who emails them back to our desktop. Ruth Anne is presently away, and after my last two falls, Onewheeling is a somewhat touchy subject.
To be fair after my concussion in December I did offer to quit Onewheeling altogether if Ruth Anne would measurably take better care of her own health. Basically, Ruth Anne is upset at my attempt to leverage her behaviors -- and has refused the offer. Two stubborn, independent, and raspy old people here.
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@s-leon Oh that's a bit of a predicament. Hope the tension settles, it's understandably from a good place so I'm optimistic you can keep riding and not have it be an issue :)
Is the USB data side of your phone broken or just some technical issue stopping direct transfer?
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@lia -- At your prompt I tried plugging the phone directly to the computer. Nope. Old phone, too little memory, won't accept the needed update, chatters with alarm bells, and rapidly flashes messages at me. I would text photos to my sister to email back, but she would also think I'm jumping the starting gun. (I also have to keep mostly quiet on social media for another couple weeks... Thank you for THIS forum!!!)
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@s-leon That is weird, what phone is it?
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saw this gem on the old interwebs! i dont see why it won't work for a onewheel.
XR's got what plants crave!
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@notsure Zero sugar, zero miles ;)
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Yes, indeed. I ride this very Onewheel constantly at twenty-plus miles per hour, averaging 19 miles per day lately -- an as yet hidden #8 on the Plus Daystreak... Edit: Oh! And on the Plus mileage Leaderboard #3. Edit again: With the arrival of OneDanXR to see its status, I unlinked my Onewheel Pluses -- so, I am a stealth #3 on the Plus mileage Leaderboard, no longer visible there. And I let the Daystreak slide away.It is resting nose-down because there is no battery weight on the tail. The BadgerSense sticks out so I can see it. The two marks are at 20 mph, which I exceed easily, and 25 mph, which I have never exceeded. The half yellow means the battery is less than half charged.
The thick white plastic wood trailing footpad with thick black rubber stall mat compensates for the pushback I ride continually; slowing down below 15 mph with the noticeable transition down to no pushback uncomfortably affects my stance.
The black foam circle on the top (bottom) of the cook pot keeps the glare of the shiny stainless steel from blinding me when the sun is right. It and some thin sheet-rubber duct-taped near the top (bottom) gives grip to the red-and-black ratchet strap keeping it from sliding off the smooth, polished metal.
The 10ah EGO battery, in the black CarvePower fender bag, rests on a drapery bracket just above my leading foot/arch, with another drapery bracket above the trailing foot for the future when I fashion the correct sized splitter cable that cannot get caught on the wheel. The cook pot handle-holes were convenient for placement of the brackets. The sideways ratchet strap holds the EGO battery tight to the cook pot, and also holds the first generation LandSurf EGO adapter securely in place. The connectors from LandSurf to VnR are XT90 anti-spark.
The sensor footpad is actually a V1 with Plus grip. The rails are carbon steel Ruckus Rails. The slack black rubber freewheel brakes (short bicycle tire sections) cover the bottoms of the trailing rails and their added wooden extensions.
The white cabinet handle makes for easy lifting into the car, and with the CarbonSmith safety wheels on the front the handle makes for occasional easy rolling and manipulating the board's orientation in set up.
Under the cook pot is Kiil Suspension -- which seems to be making clunking noise occasionally lately. So, I might switch this controller to my Ignite-lifted Plus for that reason, and also because the Hoosier 5.5 treaded on this one is nearly worn out.
Flowering almond is the bush, with an old, but good 20 Ounce Pippin apple tree behind, and further back a young black walnut tree which just started bearing last year. The steel rims are from a buckboard my immigrant grandparents used.
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Not responding comfortably and well to the BadgerSight on my helmet -- too out of focus/close to my eye with the orange/yellow flash too easily mistaken for red, and the BadgerSight on the wrist of my tethered leading arm makes me look down to access the information/display, which I do not especially like either.
So... here is my odd solution: A BadgerStaff -- in this case a five foot long, three inch wide, one inch thick scrap of rigid foam left over from insulating my farmhouse. The elastic, velcroed wrist strap holds the BadgerSight in place on one end of the long foam, and at the hand-balance point I wrapped the foam with masking tape over the fiberglass impregnated foam for comfort of handling. The length of the foam scrap will let me rest the non-BadgerSight-end on my leading toe, and put the BadgerSight display near the center of my field of vision. Tomorrow on the Greenway will tell if I respond well to this odd set-up.
I am sure you have guessed why I did not want as my BadgerStaff a broomstick or a tilting lance, a javelin, a yardstick, a piece of metal electrical conduit, an electric fence post, a shepherd's crook, a fishing gaff, or a blackboard pointer.
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@s-leon said in Hacks & Odds:
BadgerStaff
I love it, this sounds like fun.
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@lia -- Like a BadgerAegis?
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@s-leon Google has failed me D:
Excuse the bad photoshop but I was thinking something like this
Not sure if it's just me but when I'm being a rebel and going above 15mph I tend to put my arm out just in case I need to brace for a roll.
As such the forearm is usually lingering in my peripheral so in theory you'd be able to see it with the ability to always adjust position or take it out of view if needed if you needed to look somewhere. Added benefit of it being a decent distance from your face to deal with needing to focus on it.
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Hi @lia -- An aegis was a protective battleshield ancient Greek warriors used, probably strapped to their forearm like you strapped a BadgerSense LED in Photoshop. The BadgerSight HUD does have an elastic velcro strap specifically for putting the display on your wrist or on your arm -- in my case I am strapping it to my "staff." Maybe I will text a photo of my crude BadgerStaff to my daughter to email back to me to post here.
In minutes, after I hang my laundry to the sunshine and breezes, I am going to take my BadgerStaff out for a Onewheel trial.
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@s-leon Oh I know that you mean now. Google just kept showing me vape-pens.
Eager to hear how your BadgerStaff works out. Assuming you haven't already will you later style it up to look a certain way or let the utility of the creation be what guides the look alone.
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@Lia --The BadgerStaff caught a lot of air in the test ride -- wind resistance was surprisingly high. On an angle, resting on my trailing toe, seemed to work okay -- still not as satisfying as I would like.
Too, I prefer the richer informational LED display of the BadgerSense over the meager display of the BadgerSight HUD. Your Photoshop idea of getting that LED strip up and easily visible is what I would like. To do that would need a three pin IP65? waterproof cable extension.
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@s-leon Glad to hear it went well if not entirely satisfying.
For a cable extension if you're looking to DIY one I've used connectors like these before since they're small and easy to disconnect.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DPN37FN
