Tazarinho Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 19 hours ago, RoadRunner said: Are you guys watching Monsieur Flex touring around the world on his EUC? He started in France and is now in China. Great to see all the different countries, and the people are so nice. Yep, been watching from the start. Great stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EMA Posted December 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2019 night riding in Rome: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Henrik Olsen Posted December 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2019 I took my KingSong 18XL Electric Unicycle on a trip to the Deergarden North of Copenhagen. I filmed the trip with my Insta360 One X and made this montage :-) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 20 minutes ago, Henrik Olsen said: I took my KingSong 18XL Electric Unicycle on a trip to the Deergarden North of Copenhagen. I filmed the trip with my Insta360 One X and made this montage :-) Yay so you are still alive and riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RockyTop Posted December 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2019 @Alien Rides I was supersized to find this interesting device. Do you plan on getting one? It looks pretty cool. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mono Posted December 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2019 Doing tricks with a broken finger (not my vid), respect 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Olsen Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 12 hours ago, Unventor said: Yay so you are still alive and riding. hehe, yes.. I have not been out much lately I admit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unventor Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 minute ago, Henrik Olsen said: hehe, yes.. I have not been out much lately I admit. You need to work on that Danish tan of yours 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alien Rides Posted December 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2019 17 hours ago, RockyTop said: @Alien Rides I was supersized to find this interesting device. Do you plan on getting one? It looks pretty cool. Thanks for sharing. I'd love to get one, just not sure I can swing it right now. I do think it's an amazing upgrade for most electric skateboards, but more of a sidegrade for EUCs in its current state. I'm waiting for them to be able to hit 40-50mph or so, then the two wheels will really be nice for stability at speed. It's definitely an awesome form factor, and I hope they do really well. Also I just released an EUC + Skydio 2 video, check it out: 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erk1024 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Alien Rides said: Thanks for sharing. I'd love to get one, just not sure I can swing it right now. I do think it's an amazing upgrade for most electric skateboards, but more of a sidegrade for EUCs in its current state. I'm waiting for them to be able to hit 40-50mph or so, then the two wheels will really be nice for stability at speed. It's definitely an awesome form factor, and I hope they do really well. This page has some specs on the Speedboard: https://newatlas.com/urban-transport/speedboard-two-wheeled-chain-drive-electric-skateboard/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonm42 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 $2k is an interesting price point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenRyder Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Alien Rides said: Also I just released an EUC + Skydio 2 video, check it out: Great footage, awesome video! Thanks for sharing. I've been wondering how the Skydio would do in a real world scenario following an eWheel and/or a group and you just gave a perfect demo. The obstacle avoidance has really come a long way and it theory it can improve with future software updates. When you don't have to worry about it and just let it record, that's when it's truly relieving you of the chore of filming yourself (at least if you only need one point of view). Looking forward to seeing more of these and watching DJI scramble to catch up. That's the beauty of capitalist competition. You vote with your $$. Thanks again! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thanks! I'm also super interested in seeing what DJI is going to do next. They're going to have to at least match the Skydio tracking, and also differentiate. Perhaps with better video quality or faster speeds. I think they're way behind on the AI front of things, so I'm sure they're scrambling like you said. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Alien Rides said: Also I just released an EUC + Skydio 2 video, check it out Fantastic video as far as you are concerned! Short and to the point with all the good information. But the colors are totally oversaturated. Red looks like Neon. Is this the drone? Also I noticed the video compression is really bad and the electric unicycles are moving blocky messes of artifacts. Is this Youtube or the drone also? Edited December 10, 2019 by meepmeepmayer spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Rides Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: Fantastic video as far as you are concerned! Short and to the point with all the good information. But the colors are totally oversaturated. Red looks like Neon. Is this the drone? Also I noticed the video compression is really bad and the electric unicycles are moving blocky messes of artifacts. Is this Youtube or the drone also? Thanks for the feedback. Perhaps I cranked up the color too much on this one. It's probably that + a combination of HDR from the drone. I'll work on this for future videos. I'm not sure with the compression, what resolution did you use? The 60FPS should make it buttery smooth, but maybe YouTube is doing weird stuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted December 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, Alien Rides said: Thanks for the feedback. Perhaps I cranked up the color too much on this one. It's probably that + a combination of HDR from the drone. I'll work on this for future videos. I'm not sure with the compression, what resolution did you use? The 60FPS should make it buttery smooth, but maybe YouTube is doing weird stuff. 480p I just noticed the compression artifacts are worse than normal. Like the video has been encoded at low bitrate before it was uploaded. Anyways, I'm not an expert! The HDR is a good explanation for the colors, maybe a different workflow is needed for these drone's images compared to the standard GoPro/DJI videos. I just noticed right away that the images look like from a low color range filter and the red cars and people's jackets are often neon. I guess the Skydio people have some work to do in providing more natural colors and you have to work around this in the mean time. By the way, I'm continually impressed by how much better your editing and storytelling and logical structure is than so many others. Maybe it's because you don't go for clickbait/engagement instead of conveying information? Do you have a professional background helping you with this? You certainly have a talent there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xorbe Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) Speedboard has a minimum 8' turning circle, I just don't see how that's useful in a daily way. Seems more like an uber cool toy. With a scooter you can at least grab the bars and whip the scooter around to where you want to be headed. I think bending over to adjust the speedboard at urban corners would get old quick. Also noted that the riders didn't seem able to really hold a nice straight line -- a lot of medium sized corrections, wandering about. I can't see that even working on the narrow trails with two way traffic that I use my EUC with. Edited December 10, 2019 by xorbe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alien Rides Posted December 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: By the way, I'm continually impressed by how much better your editing and storytelling and logical structure is than so many others. Maybe it's because you don't go for clickbait/engagement instead of conveying information? Do you have a professional background helping you with this? You certainly have a talent there. Thanks! I don’t have a background in this, just the last 1.5 years of making videos constantly, and a mission to convey information while respecting viewers time. There’s still a lot of areas I want to get better in terms of video production. Hopefully with tools like the skydio, and more practice, I’ll keep getting better. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erk1024 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 48 minutes ago, xorbe said: Speedboard has a minimum 8' turning circle, I just don't see how that's useful in a daily way. Seems more like an uber cool toy. With a scooter you can at least grab the bars and whip the scooter around to where you want to be headed. I think bending over to adjust the speedboard at urban corners would get old quick. Also noted that the riders didn't seem able to really hold a nice straight line -- a lot of medium sized corrections, wandering about. I can't see that even working on the narrow trails with two way traffic that I use my EUC with. I agree about the turning circle. You need to be able to make a 90 degree turn from a sidewalk onto a crosswalk, for example. These are still in development, so maybe they will tighten that up. Skateboards have a pretty big turning circle--but not THAT big. Still seems like a big step forward in terms of road worthiness over a skateboard, even an all-terrain one. The "wandering" is an interesting point. Probably need to ask somebody who's ridden one to see if that's the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenRyder Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 59 minutes ago, meepmeepmayer said: 480p I just noticed the compression artifacts are worse than normal. Like the video has been encoded at low bitrate before it was uploaded. Anyways, I'm not an expert! This is the likely the YouTube compression algorithm. You can export your video with settings that are optimized for YouTube which will result in looking better videos on that platform. Thanks to @meepmeepmayer for pointing this out as I am going to review how I export video and will experiment with the various options. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Sacristan Posted December 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2019 It snowed last night. Then it rained... and snowed again... and went from 2C to -5C. The sleet turned into ice so I had a crazy time tramlining today. First snow ride for Monika and Petra. First snow ride for me on the 16X. It performed just as I hoped it would. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony ML Posted December 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2019 The Tesla Mod 16 x 2.50 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Stern Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 8 hours ago, xorbe said: Speedboard has a minimum 8' turning circle, I just don't see how that's useful in a daily way. Seems more like an uber cool toy. With a scooter you can at least grab the bars and whip the scooter around to where you want to be headed. I think bending over to adjust the speedboard at urban corners would get old quick. Also noted that the riders didn't seem able to really hold a nice straight line -- a lot of medium sized corrections, wandering about. I can't see that even working on the narrow trails with two way traffic that I use my EUC with. That first point pretty much killed my interest in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erk1024 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Jon Stern said: That first point pretty much killed my interest in it. One thing that is a turn off for me, is the sound that this device and electric skateboards make. Sounds like an RC car. Spoiled by our mostly silent EUC's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesq Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 13 hours ago, Tony ML said: The Tesla Mod 16 x 2.50 What camera did you use to shoot this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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