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Look Ma, No Hands!: January 2008
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Look Ma, No Hands! Building and riding an electric skateboard. Wednesday, January 02, 2008. Killing off this Blog. I'm going to go out on a limb here (not really) and call this blog officially dead. The original 3WDM (since converted to a 4WDM) was stolen almost a year ago, and I haven't been able to get myself excited about re-building it. It may or may not come back in radically different form at some point in the future. Posted by Frank at 5:27 PM. Bellingham, Washington, United States.
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Look Ma, No Hands!: August 2006
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Look Ma, No Hands! Building and riding an electric skateboard. Tuesday, August 29, 2006. Great Discussion of Hub Motors. I just found a really good, comprehensive, and understandable discussion of hub motors. Specifically for ebikes) on the UBC Electric Bike Club's site. Actually the whole site. Posted by Frank at 6:58 PM. Bellingham, Washington, United States. View my complete profile. My Other EV Project. My Rants and Musings. Killing off this Blog. Great Discussion of Hub Motors.
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Look Ma, No Hands!: June 2006
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Look Ma, No Hands! Building and riding an electric skateboard. Thursday, June 29, 2006. Strain Gages have Landed. I've just received a set of ten strain gages that I'm hoping to use to replace the force-sensing resistors that I've thus-far been using to measure the rider's (my) weight distribution. It takes a good bit of finicky prep work to mount, hook up, and seal the strain gages, but I will post an update when I've got them installed, and another when I've got them driving the servo amp.
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Look Ma, No Hands!: April 2006
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Look Ma, No Hands! Building and riding an electric skateboard. Thursday, April 27, 2006. I have some new photos. Posted by Frank at 6:58 PM. Bellingham, Washington, United States. View my complete profile. My Other EV Project. My Rants and Musings. Killing off this Blog. Great Discussion of Hub Motors. Strain Gages have Landed.
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Look Ma, No Hands!: March 2006
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Look Ma, No Hands! Building and riding an electric skateboard. Tuesday, March 14, 2006. A similar three-wheeled electric skateboard, with hands-free control. As near as I can tell, the button in the middle is the "go switch" and the brake consists of stepping on the rear fender. Not as intuitive as the 3WDM, but admittedly a heck of a lot cheaper. Looks interesting, but it's not something I'm ready to fork out $130 for. Posted by Frank at 4:59 PM. Bellingham, Washington, United States. My Other EV Project.
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No really, I have nothing against cows. I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus for the past couple of years, unless you count tumblr. This blog’s previous home was at frankschmitt.org. Com was taken), but it always felt a bit grandiose to pretend that there is this whole organization devoted to Yours Truly. Much better to claim that it’s merely a website, which is what people who don’t know about. Prior to that I had a Blogspot blog called FCOWS. Whose name I lifted from Mister Crunchy.
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Look Ma, No Hands!: January 2006
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Look Ma, No Hands! Building and riding an electric skateboard. Friday, January 27, 2006. Sometime in the fall of 1995 my friend Craig Meyer. And I were somewhat impressed with a little electric scooter one of the Frosh had put together that he used to run around campus and get to class on. At that point you couldn't just go down to your local auto parts store and pick one up for $99, you actually had to build the thing. The company that was granted the patent was absorbed by ZAP Inc. And apparently they ...
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Look Ma, No Hands!: May 2006
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Look Ma, No Hands! Building and riding an electric skateboard. Wednesday, May 03, 2006. The good news is the 3WDM has made the front page of Skateboarding Sucks. The bad news is it's tagged as Stupid Shit. Damn, skateboarders can be harsh. Well, as they say, bad publicity is better than no publicity. And what is exactly is a skateboard if not a "Useless Toy"? Posted by Frank at 6:10 PM. Bellingham, Washington, United States. View my complete profile. My Other EV Project. My Rants and Musings.
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Look Ma, No Hands!: February 2006
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Look Ma, No Hands! Building and riding an electric skateboard. Thursday, February 16, 2006. I replaced the previous keychain remote unit (about the size of a jumbo pack of cigarettes) with a new one not much bigger than a matchbox. The new one also has the advantage that it's a simple push-on push-off unit, rather than one designed to drive a power door lock switch. I bought the thing from All Electronics. Posted by Frank at 9:00 PM. Thursday, February 09, 2006. Housings and contacts. I'll have some ...
