Wouldn't the gyros up the cost by some absurd factor though?

19.000$

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these aren't gyroscopes in the same way you are used to. In this particular case it is basically a piece (or pieces) of metal rotating around an axis. This is based on the same effect (gyroscopic effect) that keeps you on 2 wheels on a bike, but in this case they have a power source keeping the inertia wheels rotating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H98BgRzpOM

If you want to learn some more about this study "conservation of angular momentum".

I know.. but traditionally gyros cost a great deal and so are avoided as a stabilization solution.

It is the same as this and this shit is used to teach kids how to ride a bicycle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Va6qgWcieA

As you can see on the video (OP) the wheels are over the chassis (inside those aluminium housings) with a rotational degree of freedom. When the guy kicks the structure (circa 40s) the Gyroscope housing rotates around that degree of freedom, which is a direct manifestation of the gyroscopic effect (just do a little bit of vector mechanics and energy conservation).

If this shit is expensive it is because they are doing it wrong.

I'd rather have 4 wheels, cheers.

I am tired of this "oh look at this so cool so green so smart small vehicle ideas" I have seen like 100s of ideas in past 10 years and none have ever been made or was even practical. Lets face it, this shit does not work in real world.

Because the real world doesn't work either.

billion years of evolution have finally been disproved by an ESR user, thanks to a heavily analytical less-than-10-words-sentence that would put every fortune cookie to shame

i really need to re-think my life

Yes, you really should re-think your life if you enjoy interpreting people's comments on the internet however you see fit and then getting mad at them afterwards.

lol

40%??? who plusses that shit?? fucking braindead freaks.

He isn't disproving evolution, he's disproving the whatever-the-fuck ruling system you find yourself believing in is working. It's not, and he's right, the real world does not work, at any conceivable level.

I'm disappointed in some of the people who plussed you. :/

I like the way he worded it and it's totally antiwotanisch.

^ exposed braindead freak

Quite so, pay no attention to my potato butthurt. :<<

dunno how the fuck you plussed me lol

I love gyros, especially when its very spicy

half the appeal of motorbikes is that they're dangerous and they're a status symbol that people riding them are badasses. it's always good to improve safety, but in this case i don't think many motorcyclists are going to see the appeal of buying this.

im heard they loud faggots

Huge nerds exposed in this thread.

"Revolutionise riding"

For the vast, vast majority of bikers, this would be a massive step backwards :)

I don't understand the target market of this product.

People who already have bikes aren't interested; they enjoy the act of riding/"balancing" for themselves, enjoy the "danger" and the "reputation" it gives to them.

People who have cars will look at the price of this and will say "I can buy a decent car for the price of this thing, that can carry 3 other people as well."

The only way this I can see this being a success is if this becomes a "chique" fashion accessory purchase in some well-off areas where they have too much money and time and aren't capable with occupying themselves with things less mundane than fashion and self-image.

Besides, fully enclosed bikes have been done before (without powered gyroscopic stability), and haven't really been much of a success.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUZS-wJSlzU

You're right.

It's not targeted towards bikers, neither to those who like cars.
Now I'm confused :c

maybe in China or India