In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
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Which is a scary thouoght for those that know me 🙂
Anyways, I've been thinking about joystick steering, like the windcheeters have, and was wondering what the problmes would be on a recumbent bike. I've sort of sketched out a way of doing it, though why I would do it still remains an inponderable. But before I waste any more time on the thinking side of the project, what is the pannles opinion of the idea of joystick steering.
I'm looking for input on the general concept at this point, whether balance would be diffecult, the esthetics of it, all those 'soft' issues. Solutions to all the harder issues such as where do you mount all the controls, and how does it actually work have been scribbled down on the back of a news letter from school, which I will willing share if you're daft enough to enter the murky depths that is my thought process 🙂
So let the debate commence 🙂
As a windcheetah owner I think the main reason for the joystick approach was to enable the rider to lean more into bends. If you're on a bike then the bike will lean in with the rider therefore there is no need for the joystick. -- Cheers the.Mark
In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
Quoted message said:
In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
Quoted message said:
Which is a scary thouoght for those that know me 🙂
Anyways, I've been thinking about joystick steering, like the windcheeters have, and was wondering what the problmes would be on a recumbent bike. I've sort of sketched out a way of doing it, though why I would do it still remains an inponderable. But before I waste any more time on the thinking side of the project, what is the pannles opinion of the idea of joystick steering.
I'm looking for input on the general concept at this point, whether balance would be diffecult, the esthetics of it, all those 'soft' issues. Solutions to all the harder issues such as where do you mount all the controls, and how does it actually work have been scribbled down on the back of a news letter from school, which I will willing share if you're daft enough to enter the murky depths that is my thought process 🙂
So let the debate commence 🙂
As a windcheetah owner I think the main reason for the joystick approach was to enable the rider to lean more into bends. If you're on a bike then the bike will lean in with the rider therefore there is no need for the joystick.
Need. NEED! who said anything about need? Hmm 🙂 I like the esthetical minimalisum of the idea, I'm not trying to meet any percieved shortcomings of th eexisting system :o)
