[python] Re: Python, of course.

At 12:35 AM 8/20/2005, you wrote:

>The calculations made by Ray and Dirk are a big progress towards the
>evaluation of stabilty factors in the python frame geometry. But the
>ultimate solution is still not found (and I guess it never will be ;-)

I think that the "solution" would require modeling the reflexive response and 
natural damping action of human bodies; the python itself cannot be made 
self-stable. However, as everyone here seems to agree, it can be made easier to 
control (minimizing necessary input).
As others pointed out, making a unicycle taller makes it "more stable" and 
easier, but it can never be truly stable.

In 100 years of effort, no one has ever published a complete physical 
description of the motion of hinged two-wheeled vehicles. There is a commercial 
package I saw that can dynamically model almost all of the important aspects of 
motorcycles. It is done with a package like ODE 
http://ode.org/ 
http://ode.org/slides/igc02/s19.html

Ray



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