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[maltocs]

29 minutes ago, Stan Onymous said:

I was thinking it was a reflective disk pad for a telescope. But now I am thinking air gun turret pad from WW2. You can see in every direction from up there.

I just googled it and the answer is...   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Lukens.   

Sister Elsie Peak is the subtitled name of the mountain.

 

Very interesting article. Now I know Los Angeles has the crown for the largest elevation gain of any major city in the country. Poor Sister Elsie, had to give up her peak (name) to Mr Lukens. If it was indeed a WW2 turrent pad, I wouldn't want to be sitting up there as a sitting duck with no cover.

[Bob Eisenman]

4 hours ago, maltocs said:

odd concrete disc at the top of a mountain

Maybe they trucked and assembled the towers atop the peak (or flew them assembled to the top) and used something like a skycrane to lift the towers in place, using the level concrete pad (7 meter diameter) as an interim helicopter pad between lifts, and refueling if needed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-64_Skycrane

 

[Alien Rides]

4 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said:

@Alien Rides What a fantastic tour! Super smooth wide open road, offroad parts, a group of riders with different wheels...

How long was it (in miles/km)? Looks like you also went to the circle on regular roads?

 

Yes, it was a beautiful and very scenic ride, very unlike the city riding of San Francisco that I'm used to. There is a 13 mile circle that we went around, and probably did about 20 miles total including some off- roading and trail exploration.

 

19 hours ago, dismason said:

Red Rock Canyon seems to be a great place to ride in. The view was so good that the video did not need uplifting music. Good work and greetings from Finland.

I'm used to riding in a city, so experiencing something outside of the city like this was amazing. I definitely recommend it if you find yourself near Las Vegas with a wheel. It makes me want to travel and wheel around the world some day ?

[Marty Backe]

 

[Rehab1]

2 hours ago, Marty Backe said:

 

Great video! You have such awesome places to ride! Glad to see the Z rolls effortlessly over the steel plate. 

 

[Carl Svanfelt]

3 hours ago, Marty Backe said:

 

Muy bueno (en: Very nice)! It seems that people react more strongly to that machine, comparing to KingSong or GotWay. It is certainly also easier to ride on such a underlay with thicker wheel. It looks really cool 

[winterwheel]

11 hours ago, Bob Eisenman said:

Next time check what the audio track volume slider is set to before uploading.

@yegwheeland do a playback before uploading to double check.

The track seems to be there finally. Just took three days to take effect.

[Marty Backe]

3 hours ago, dismason said:

Muy bueno (en: Very nice)! It seems that people react more strongly to that machine, comparing to KingSong or GotWay. It is certainly also easier to ride on such a underlay with thicker wheel. It looks really cool 

I ride this pier periodically, and can say that the Z10 tire makes this wheel the funnest for riding on these wood planks. It's much less comfortable on my other wheels.

[Stan Onymous]

11 hours ago, Bob Eisenman said:

Maybe they trucked and assembled the towers atop the peak (or flew them assembled to the top) and used something like a skycrane to lift the towers in place, using the level concrete pad (7 meter diameter) as an interim helicopter pad between lifts, and refueling if needed.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-64_Skycrane

 

Yeah, that could be what that circular pad be for. The equipment was indeed trucked up there as we passed a giant truck tire on the way up to the mountain. There was also a drag racing slick up there as well. How and why it got there I have no idea. It had a “Monster” tire on it.

Edited August 22, 2018 by Stan Onymous

[Bob Eisenman]

2 hours ago, Stan Onymous said:

that circular pad

They use 'K-Max' (dual intermesh rotor)

for ski lift construction but the summit pad looks older than a K Max.

 

Edited August 22, 2018 by Bob Eisenman

[ED209]

Kingsong 16s v Gotway Tesla 1020wh Acceleration Test 2018

Video Credit: U - Stride

 

[Marty Backe]

9 minutes ago, Edddeus said:

Kingsong 16s v Gotway Tesla 1020wh Acceleration Test 2018

Video Credit: U - Stride

Fun video to watch, but I knew the outcome before it even started. And the one instance where the KS16S won was clearly due to the Tesla rider error - didn't look like he was trying very hard.

[Bob Eisenman]

3 hours ago, Marty Backe said:

Z10 tire makes this wheel the funnest for riding on these wood planks.

Groovy!

[Electroman]

1 hour ago, Marty Backe said:

Fun video to watch, but I knew the outcome before it even started. And the one instance where the KS16S won was clearly due to the Tesla rider error - didn't look like he was trying very hard.

Yeah + looks like more of a fun thing than a scientific test to actually really test the acceleration, but I am speculating based on what I see.

Measure a distance you want to accelerate over, a rider used to both wheels and good at it, standing start is ok but I think better stand prepared and ready on both pedals then go at a given signal. If someone really want to just start the clock on automation and stop when passing a simple sensor at the end and use average over a few runs, something like that don't have to go totally crazy unless you really want to haha?

[stephen]

thought I'd post my progress over the last 3 months never ridden an euc before ?

3 months ago bought a kingsong ks16s

bought a msx 2 weeks ago after having kinsong for 2 and a half months ?

 

 

Edited August 22, 2018 by stephen

[Moltimondi]

 

[Stan Onymous]

9 hours ago, Bob Eisenman said:

They use 'K-Max' (dual intermesh rotor)

for ski lift construction but the summit pad looks older than a K Max.

 

Wait a minute here, Is That a Young Bob on the sister elsie pad?

[Bob Eisenman]

6 minutes ago, Stan Onymous said:

Wait a minute here, Is That a Young Bob on the sister elsie pad?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/keepitupdavid.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/lukens/amp/

[Bob Eisenman]

42 minutes ago, Stan Onymous said:

Young Bob

   Me with the hat at 2:01 in the movie in the 1970s

Me...an older dog trying to learn new tricks

 

[egiljo]

Like your decals on Ms.X and nice riding @stephen 

 

Edited August 23, 2018 by egiljo

[Alien Rides]

We put the Z10 demo unit through a torture test on what is likely our last ride with the unit. Turns out it's one of the toughest and well engineered wheels. It handled everything we threw at it and took a beating that most other wheels would crumble under. Very impressive engineering!

 

[US69]

@Alien Rides is it possible that i can see in the Videos on some occasions the bit lack of torque that was attested to the Demo Unit? 

On some downhills it seams the Wheel wasn't able to stay under the rider….as it would not have enough braking power.

Would be nice to know if that is gone with the production Unit, as i am thinking of buying one myself.

[winterwheel]

Here's an early attempt at having some fun with the 360 camera.

Edited August 25, 2018 by yegwheel
Video went missing when youtube channel changed.

[Rama Douglas]

31 minutes ago, yegwheel said:

 

Here's an early attempt at having some fun with the 360 camera.

I've gotta get a 360 camera. I love the look of that bridge in 360 views. Nice video!!!

[meepmeepmayer]

Yea, it's amazing, feels almost like having an external cameraman do the recording. It's going from having a tiny bit of the rider in the picture with an action cam on a stick, to possibly having the full rider and a lot of the surroundings in the picture, from all angles you wish for. Removing the stick is such a simple but effective improvementAs is the variable view 360° thing.

Do I understand correctly you can choose your view (direction, FOV) in post? How long does it record?