This skateboard idea lets you travel down stairs nearly as smoothly as moving down a hill. This seems to be the eighth iteration in [PoChih Lai’s] attempts to add performance to a board which will make it the utmost trip for an metropolitan outing. inspect out the video after the break to see just exactly how well he did.
We’ve seen hand carts that utilize six wheels to make stairs a breeze utilizing a triad of wheels as a single-wheel replacement. This was really the primary idea early on in the design. however the drawback to this technique is that the style takes up a great deal of space as well as [PoChih] likewise made the deck much bulkier to keep you from getting a foot caught in the mechanism. The final style does away with the end-over-end idea as well as adopts a rocking mechanism. The board hangs from a bar which serves as the pivot between the two wheels. This method the wheels can take in the brunt of the motions, as well as the base of the deck can slide across the fronts of the steps if needs be.
We were speaking about this right here at the Hackaday office as well as the point was made that this is like YT’s skateboard from Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. Did you hear that it’s headed to a movie theater near you?