Why 12.5mpph? Why not 12 or 13?

[panderso]

Does anyone know why Segway, LLC came up with 12.5? Was this a magic number or a scientific one? Just curious...

[Sunday]

Because 13 is too scary? It does seem odd, since the lower limits do not have a .5 after them.

Mark

[PD1]

I was told that Segway started with the speed of a typical runner and walker and made the HT to go at those speeds on red and yellow keys so that they would integrate with pedestrians. PD1



The Seg I ride is named after my Aunt Eileen.

[Florida Ever-Glides]

And, the zero-radius turning is at 3.1416. Like a 'pie'.

Tom Jacobson
http://www.floridaever-glides.com

[Stewbonz]

That's right Tom. Pie are round. Some say pie are squared but we know, cornbread are square.

JEFF JARVIS
http://www.thailandsegwaytours.com/

[MagiMike]

For the word from the horses mouth go to:
http://www.segway.com/connect/ask/answers/ask_031004.html

Mike in Houston TX.
The Segway HT is the
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_146_5.gif

[Florida Ever-Glides]

Jeff,

That was a very 'puny' thread. Good job...

Tom Jacobson
http://www.floridaever-glides.com

[JohnM]

Betcha they were thinking metric. A nice round 20kph converts to the not so round 12.5mph.

JohnM
If riding 2 hours is fun, then riding 20 hours is 10 times more fun.
RUSA #235

[KSagal]

I seem to recall some very old texts what speculated that the human body could not withstand the g-forces involved in traveling beyond 12.5 miles per hour.

Of course, once the car was invented, those theories were debunked.

I wonder how long the segway was in developement?



Karl Ian Sagal

Each road you travel should be just a bit better for having had you pass.

[JohnM]

quote:Originally posted by KSagal

I seem to recall some very old texts what speculated that the human body could not withstand the g-forces involved in traveling beyond 12.5 miles per hour.

Must have been a culture that hadn't domesticated the horse.
(Ohmygod, another horse thread...)


JohnM
If riding 2 hours is fun, then riding 20 hours is 10 times more fun.
RUSA #235

[KSagal]

Horses don't count, because when you ride a horse, you are enveloped in their warp field. I thought everyone knew that!

Karl Ian Sagal

Each road you travel should be just a bit better for having had you pass.

[Mr_Laurenzano]

That must be why I cant see my daughter when she mutten busts.


Segway-
Half the speed of a car,
Twice as Smart.

[segwayowner]

quote:Originally posted by Florida Ever-Glides

And, the zero-radius turning is at 3.1416. Like a 'pie'.

Tom Jacobson
http://www.floridaever-glides.com



Take a look at the models:

P- Series
I- Series
E- Series

Dean really likes Pi, its the currency of his island.

DES: Segway owner....
it has a nice ring to it

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