Tyred Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Today I took my NBO E+ for the first time to work. A colleague of mine called me Roboduck. For those of you that don't get the reference, he's a character from Ducktales. Had to laugh, loved the comparison. Any similar stories? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esaj Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 A coworker of mine once referenced the B.C. -comic after I showed a couple of people riding the wheel inside our office: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpong Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 "Segway Steve!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Villac Posted December 31, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2015 Some in my family have used the technical term "idiot". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhpr262 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Eh, as a 41-year.old guy who still likes playing with RC cars (albeit pretty large and high-powered ones) I am used to hearing the occasional derogatory remark ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniler Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I call myself a uniler. As in 'I uniled to the store' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villac Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 5 hours ago, mhpr262 said: Eh, as a 41-year.old guy who still likes playing with RC cars (albeit pretty large and high-powered ones) I am used to hearing the occasional derogatory remark ... Ah, you are one of those! So the risk of a battery fire is nothing new and you are familiar with a lipo sack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 God.... Laconic and to the point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mhpr262 Posted January 1, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, Villac said: Ah, you are one of those! So the risk of a battery fire is nothing new and you are familiar with a lipo sack! Yep ... I still remember the pictures of burnt out car interiors in all the RC magazines, from owners who tried to charge their Lipos with a NiCd charger. When i started around 18 years ago, the red Sony 1700mAh SC-R NiCad cell was the very latest tech in energy storage ... and not a single electric plane could be found in the 2m F3A competition aerobatics class. Nowadays you can't find anybody using an internal combustion engine in that class, it's all electric. We bitch about batteries that don't give us enough range, but they have come an amazing way in that time. Edited January 1, 2016 by mhpr262 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddylaz Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Took the Lhotz into Kensington gardens yesterday, went into the private grounds of the museum. Had some sweet nervous old man approach me and say: "er....I....I don't know what that is, but we don't usually allow remote control cars in the museum grounds. Can you take it to the main footpath?" Bless him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davek Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 On 2015-12-31 at 8:46 AM, esaj said: A coworker of mine once referenced the B.C. -comic after I showed a couple of people riding the wheel inside our office: Cool picture! BC has been a favorite comic strip and I always liked Thor riding his wheel. Broome County Transit, home of the strip's creator Johnny Hart uses Thor as their logo. from the BC Transit wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broome_County_Transit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulandjacquelyn Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) "Look...like a Tron guy" Edited January 25, 2016 by Paulandjacquelyn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THA Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 First was Circus, then ghost, best one was Pocket racket And a colleague commented about Lhotz "looks like a Ferrari in comparison with your previous ones" - yes, this is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 As i was passing by a guy on the street playing music he called me an "attention whore". Envy can make people say things. Never knew being a whore is such a nice feeling after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMo Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) Some people just talk and laugh at your back. But I know deep inside they are thinking " How can he do that?". Edited January 31, 2016 by SlowMo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddylaz Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Cloud said: As i was passing by a guy on the street playing music he called me an "attention whore". Translation: "I'm upset because people are busy looking at that guy instead of giving me money I haven't particularly earnt." Ride on my friend. Ps. Being an attention whore is awesome. We took the time, blood (sometimes literally) and guts to master these things. We've earnt it ? Edited January 31, 2016 by Paddylaz 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Paddylaz said: Translation: "I'm upset because people are busy looking at that guy instead of giving me money I haven't particularly earnt." Ride on my friend. Ps. Being an attention whore is awesome. We took the time, blood (sometimes literally) and guts to master these things. We've earnt it ? I love the way you said that, man! edit: also love the picture of that lhotz - how do you like it? I am somewhat tempted to get one Edited January 31, 2016 by Cloud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulandjacquelyn Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 For some reason homeless people tend to yell all kinds of things at me as I pass. All kinds of things lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddylaz Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Cloud said: Iove the picture of that lhotz - how do you like it? I am somewhat tempted to get one Yeah the Lhotz is wonderful. That thick tyre makes it very solid feeling and extremely stable at slow speeds. So much so that when you go back to a Ninebot after a while you suddenly feel uncertain and shakey. Only downside is the beeping. I love my speed......but although the Lhotz can do 30km/h, the beeping from 22 onwards is so loud and 'frantic' sounding that out of sheer embarrassment and/or irritation I rarely exceed it. Other than that, the perfect wheel. I love the black/red motif but it's also available in a white. Edited January 31, 2016 by Paddylaz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 6 minutes ago, Paddylaz said: Yeah the Lhotz is wonderful. That thick tyre makes it very solid feeling and extremely stable at slow speeds. So much so that when you go back to a Ninebot after a while you suddenly feel uncertain and shakey. Only downside is the beeping. I love my speed......but although the Lhotz can do 30km/h, the beeping from 22 onwards is so loud and 'frantic' sounding that out of sheer embarrassment and/or irritation I rarely exceed it. Other than that, the perfect wheel. I love the black/red motif but it's also available in a white. There is no way to override/ adjust the speed warnings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddylaz Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 14 minutes ago, Cloud said: There is no way to override/ adjust the speed warnings? Not without messing with the internals I assume.....which I have neither the skills or balls to do! One great thing too about the Lhotz - unlike the Ninebot there's no reduction in power when battery gets low. At 20% you can still hit +22kmh with zero tilt back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THA Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) @Paddylaz how so? In freeze I get very strong tilt back already below 15 km/h in steep uphill, and no blinking red appears. On flat haven't felt that yet. @Cloud You can't apparently get more than 15k with 210 lbs (if I remember right) but You can add one batt pack inside case, maybe some minor mods needed (cut some edges inside, maybe). Speaker in Lhotz is really small in size and own its on PCB, so perhaps input just gives the speed info and You cold change it with a simple resistor in series. I'm not a fan of those early warnings either, even though frequecy is quite low at app. 22km/h. But the strongest tilt back appears somewhere around 25-27 km/h, so it wouldn't risk anything to mute beeps at 22-25 km/h. Edited January 31, 2016 by THA typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddylaz Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 10 minutes ago, THA said: @Paddylaz how so? In freeze I get very strong tilt back already below 15 km/h in steep uphill Yeah I should've said - I meant on flat ground. Steep hills at low power are the ultimate kryptonite and i get that scary long beep that I assume means imminent disaster ? But compared to a Ninebot, the level ground performance is fantastic at low batt. No tilt back. No 'shaking' as some bot owners report etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 27 minutes ago, THA said: @Cloud You can't apparently get more than 15k with 210 lbs (if I remember right) but You can add one batt pack inside case, maybe some minor mods needed (cut some edges inside, maybe) @THA, yes well i am 220 but hope to be 210 in a month are you saying there is room inside the lhotz to add another 340wh battery? Hiw much room exactly, do you have any pics? If so is anyone doing that? Why isnt IPs providing that option? What do the battery connectors look like? Also, when does the tiltback start on a full battery? You mentioned 27kph? So with max 30kph i cannot really cruise and 28 or 29 because there will be some level of tiltback? is there a trolley handle availabke for lhotz or maybe its possible to adapt one? Thank you and sorry for so many questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davek Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 'U2 pilot' is a good name. Although it's a tail dragger, he has to land on it's single main gear. Checkout this video for some awesome wipe-outshttps://youtu.be/UNYg2i9Jgvs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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