"Hoverboard" hack

11 Feb 2016 · 1 min

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A hoverboard gets rewired with manual toggle switches replacing the safety mechanisms, letting each wheel spin independently while tilt still controls speed and direction. Next step: servo motors to automate it fully.

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So I've bypassed both of the step-on switches, the dead man switches, with these single switches over here. So to turn on the wheel on this side, we just flip the switch and you can see the wheel starts turning. The more you tilt the board, the faster it turns. And we can make it go backwards by tilting it the other way. And of course, that's how it helps you stay up. It tries to catch you by tilting under you like you would try to tilt something else. Now we turn the other wheel on. You can see that's starting to turn too. You've got to zero it in. It's very touchy. The next step, of course, is to automate this with servo motors.