Nog3's Wheely Good Mods

Build Logs
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So last night I decided it’d be a great idea to open up my Kingsong 16X electric unicycle and see what I can upgrade inside it.

For reference, this is what it looks like right now.

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There’s lights around the frame which are pretty good and it has a fairly basic sound responsive lighting mode based on the bluetooth audio being sent through it (Yes, it also has a 5.1 sound system in it).

That looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0yr_oJvASk (it rotates between an EQ and a ‘flashy flashy ooh the sound’ mode).

Now, I don’t know about y’all, but I think it needs well… more. More leds, more animations…

Right now it has this dinky ip65 RGB strip in it, with only 30 leds a metre. This looks like this:

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VHB man in the Kingsong Factory says hi, it seems.

What would more look like? Well, like this:

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This is 144 led per metre strip, in ip67 diffusing sheathing and it’s got an extra channel. Neutral white.

Stay tuned to see if I ever manage to get this into the wheel and get the wheel closed again.

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Hi Brendan, based on some observations and your previous experience on that wheel, I think the first priority upgrade should be some kind of air bag system or at least something to keep all your parts connected together when crashing ( I mean the user’s parts, not the wheel’s parts).

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Unfortunately all the safety gear in the world won’t help if the rider puts their hands up for Detroit instead of tucking and rolling. Maybe I need to add a tilt sensor triggered sound effect that screams 'TUCK AND ROLL".