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Segways are great for getting around, but
what about for work? Segways look like
highly evolved push mowers anyway!
Why
not marry the 2 tegether. You would
have a
silent mower, the better type, not the
regular
type you see everyday, but the original,
the
spinning-every-blade-is-a-scissors
type.
Push mowers may be unpopular for the
whole "push" reason. Let the segway
push.
Put 3 of these on a segway centaur and
watch
the grass fly.
Clean lawn care. Silent. Doesn't rely on
gasoline.
Lawnmower scooter
http://www.yankodes...y-vicky-petihovski/
Interesting related idea - not clear if this is a product or an idea [hippo, Mar 19 2010]
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Might not use gasoline but there's probably an oil/coal-fired power plant involved. Still, it's quiet and there is no exhaust. Now what about edging and weed? [+] |
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Just get a wheedwhackeer attachment
for your segway. I'm sure they sell
them anyway somewhere, maybe,... it
seems like a weedwhacker attachment
would make you a path in a crowded
sidewalk quite fast. And for the weed.
If you find weed in your yard, is it your
weed? If not, is it your buddies? Call
the cops if you don't want it there.
Having the attention of police will pretty
much ensure that whoever's weed it is,
they're not coming back. |
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Power plants are more efficient than
gasoline motors. |
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When you mentioned how the weedwhacker attachment would clear the sidewalk I immediately thought of Messala's chariot in Ben Hur, the one with the big gnarly spikes on the hubs. The only way they'd be cooler is to have them make some kind of humming or whistling noise as they spin, the keen edges of their multiple blades glistening in the hot midday sun. |
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Will there be a snow-blower attachment? A leaf-collector? |
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only a canadian would ask about the snow blower :-D |
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Be sure to wear your touque whilst blowing said snow. :-D |
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You can pretty much attach anything with
an acceptional energy requirement. |
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(+) Ah, but can it clean the pool. |
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The double-pontoon attachment with
water-refuse collector attachment should
take care of surface floaties, but come on!,
it's a segway. Wheels for road and
sidewalk, not good for water. |
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This is one of the most halfbaked ideas I've seen here in months. [+] |
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Watch those low hanging limbs. |
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well if it's half baked, link it. |
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/big gnarly spikes on the hubs. The only way they'd be cooler is to have them make some kind of humming or whistling noise as they spin/ |
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Problem is that being mounted on the hubs, they would rotate very slowly. The translational motion of the vehicle would be far more significant than the rotational motion of the blades. This fact seems to escape gladiator movie-makers. The chances of inflicting injury are lessened compared to a fixed blade, as with the turny version the opponent is likely to be struck by the 'flat' of the blade, rather than the edge. |
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As for the whistling noises, well I guess martial arts icons can apparently make whistling noises when turning their head. |
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I think they have a foley artist in their entourage who takes care of that. |
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Wouldn't the spinning of the lawnmower
interfere with the gyroscopic stability? |
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[CaptainClapper} Us Canadians do love our
touques. Good work spelling touque. |
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Gyroscopic stability? You'll get used to it
somehow. Don't fall onto the blades! |
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Can we put a hedge trimmer on the handlebars to take care of that task at the same time?(+) |
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Only if you don't mind being top-heavy. |
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Alright - who boned this one? Stand up and explain yourself. |
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\\well if it's half baked, link it.\\ That was a compliment [twitch]. It means 'well suited to the halfbakery' or something like that I think. |
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Nice outrage there [nuclear]. You'd have gotten extra points if you'd included the word 'pusillanimous'. |
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Bun for the concept ! But anything electric that cuts grass isn't going to be silent. Electric mowers make that dull roar sound while the electic weed eaters make that annoying buzzing noise. Even the blades on manual push mowers make plenty of noise even though they are considerably quieter. But I could definately see this as a machine having the manual push mower blades between the sedgeway wheels. |
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Yes, i suppose it is not silent. but
atleast they are better for the
environment. And don't give me that
crap about electric vehicles means
burning more coal, gas, or whatever.
Lawnmowers and weedwhackers
currently don't require catalytic
converters. This means they pollute as
much as hummers do. And they're
loud. |
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And the more we convert our
combustion engines to electric, the
more research goes into them, and the
more production scale provides us with
cheaper electric components, driving
the transition between combustion
driven to pure electric or hydrogen (I
don't really think hydrogen is all that). |
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Anyway. Economies of scale, baby. |
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I have a floor in my house that needs
constant polishing. Would there be a
buffer attachment? |
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Dibs on Segway sweeper, Segway polisher, Segway concrete finisher, Segway ski lift and Segway sex aid. |
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Segway sex aid? Is that the one where the
wheels are slightly oval and the handlebars
have handcuffs? |
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So this is like a Great Dane Super Surfer, only much smaller and electric, and no caster wheels up front. |
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Hitherto, I had never been scared of being run over by a Segway. |
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I'd be scared of being run over by the
segway sex aid. |
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then make sure you're on top. haha. |
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The problem is, you're standing on this two-wheel device, so you've added your body weight to it. Those wheels will have to be mighty big and wide---say, the size of rear tractor wheels---to distribute that much weight on soft ground without leaving ruts everywhere. |
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What if you are not standing on it. What if
you are using the drive system, adjusted
the stability system to work at a 45 degree
angle... |
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So it's always hurtling towards you? If so, +. |
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Wouldn't adding unpredictable/variable forces from weedwhackers et al totally throw off the stability mechanics? |
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[-] Because this is an electric self propelled lawnmower you can stand on. I would commend you if this were an attachment to a segway, but it seams you would have to drastically modify the segway to work. Segways don't push foward at all, they balence. You would have to really lean foward to create a linear force on the mower. |
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Oh, and the attachment should definitely
come with additional batteries that really
juice it up, making it so when you lean
forward, you don't fall into the blades,
which will definitely be left exposed. |
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Maybe If the spinning blades went faster it
could turn from a segway to a hovercraft. |
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//you don't fall into the blades, which will definitely be left exposed// segways fail. they balence. if the redundant systems fail together that power the segway you fall then your F-ed in a freaken operating mower/electric sissor thing. Or am I just thinking to hard? |
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You are correct. I propose to modify
the segway in 3 ways though: Adjust
the balancing so that the handlebars,
held at a 45 degree angle (or it can also
be adjusted to a particular degree), will
be considered balanced. |
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A switch will be added, telling the
segway to activate it's balancing
protocols, like the switches found on
regular self-propelling mowers. |
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Also, a mower-attachment (should have
mentioned this one as the first one),
which comes with it's own batteries for
longer life. |
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YOU ARE NOT RIDING THE SEGWAY,
YOU ARE TREATING IT LIKE A REGULAR
PUSH MOWER, you could definitely get a
regular push mower and then attach a
motor to it, but then how would you
ever waste your money and spend your
genius if you couldn't attach it to a
segway? |
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Would be more fun then either push mower or sit mower, so I think the fun factor is definitely there. :) |
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So, if you don't ride the Segway, and you treat the invention as if it were just a normal push-mower, then... what was the point? Just the pushing power? It's only worth a croissant in my opinion if you can ride the thing. [-/+] |
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That doesn't appear to be the general consensus mind. |
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It's in the half-bakery because it is also
somewhat a complete waste of money, not
to mention that it would be very
dangerous. I think these 2 points alone
should do here. |
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