Specifications

Page 24 of 106 Basic Rider Optimization Training for the Segway HT

Instructor Guide and Participant Workbook Rev 3.5i - January 2004

The rider uses the transient tilting to accelerate and decelerate. The rider causes acceleration by

placing the center of gravity of the system (rider + Segway HT) forward or aft of the contact patch.

The operator causes deceleration by moving the center of gravity opposite to the previous position

with relation to the contact patch. (For example, move the center of gravity behind the contact patch,

if it was forward, or vice versa.)

When moving forward, I reorient my center of gravity aft of the contact patch to decelerate. When

moving backward, I reorient my center of gravity forward of the contact patch to decelerate. In both

cases, if I do NOT transition my center of gravity directly over the contact patch at the point when I

am almost stopped, I will simply begin to accelerate again in the new direction.

To remain stationary, once stopped, the center of gravity needs to be directly over the contact patch.

Exercise: Ask participants stand.

Say, “Your feet are contact patches—they are making contact with the ground. Now, move

your and dynamically stabilizing. You got it— just like the Segway HT does when you are

riding it!