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Aggregating key points in the history of one wheel electric skateboards (both proprietary and open source), and of the community surrounding the sport.
On March 31, 2022...
As early as November 2021, Hannes Schatzmann, aka @vesc.mann on Instagram, discovered through independent trial and error that utilizing high Mahony KP (a tuning setting that distorts pitch angle readings when under heavy acceleration/deceleration) and ditching many typical tuning conventions produced much more intuitive, smooth, and predictable ride feel more similar to Future Motion, Inc.’s proprietary Onewheel motor controller software.
When surfdado learned of this in March 2022 from Schatzmann in private group chats and made this information public through his “VESC Balance Firmware – Magic Settings in v5.2” video, these tuning adjustments were widely adopted and became the basis for further iteration by a growing community of rider-developers.
The largest issue introduced with this new tuning methodology was “nose hunting,” where high frequency bumps or rough terrain could cause the nose of the board to slowly rise or lower as these conditions can cause the motor controller to “lose sense” of what is level.
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