2003 Segway HT

2003 Segway HT

Adequately to the new millennium, the media were in a frenzy of speculation about the nature of a revolutionary, high tech, futuristic new products that would reach the market. Code name "Ginger" that would revolutionize personal transportation. This is a jet pack? A Hoverboard?

Dean Kamen presented his invention in December 2001 - The Segway HT, for the human transporter. This is a sophisticated two-wheeled, battery-powered scooter that uses gyroscopes and tilt sensors combined with motors to provide movement in all directions, the whole system simply controlled by body movements.

In actual use, that works very well, with remarkable unity between man and machine. There is no sense of "unity", a car, much more than just "thinking" that has to do, and responds instantly and smoothly. This is a course of instruction that must be taken for the purchase, and personal electronic key sets the car in one of three "performance profile" Settings. "He leans slightly forward to go back and stop. Sensors in the platform for detect subtle changes in angle and height, and motors in each wheel speed or slower to keep the balance and steer.

Since its introduction, the Segway has in some eyes below expectations, and has been criticized and become the target of jokes, and revolutionary, as other means of transport suspected-The Sinclair C5 Electric twenty years ago.

But a large group of supporters stress that he in fact its original promise, and the support of the World Wide was formed. Its success will depend on how it fits into the real world, however, that the city determine the rules governing its use on public sidewalks. San Francisco, the freer and environmentally conscious cities, has become the first country to ban the device from its streets.

Manufacturer: Segway LLC, Manchester, NH La Prairie
Model: P-Series Engines: 2 Body Electric: Plastic
Years of construction: 2003 Cylinder Part: Frame: Alloy tube
Product No.: Displacement: Front suspension
No. Surviving: Power: 2 Rear suspension:
Length: Transmission: Variable Branch: Electric
Width: 21 "Starter: Brakes: Electric
Weight: £ 65 Electrics: 110v CHG. 2 Wheels: 14 "
Interior: Ignition: Top Speed: 10 mph