If the bike could be modelled reasonably, then a survey of people's python results and geometries could could be used as matrix factors and solved for. This would give a fuzzy representation of what human adult reflex response is, I think. Ray At 02:25 AM 9/12/2005, you wrote: >What is acceptable stability anyway? To most people the python or flevo are >far to unstable and hence below their acceptance. They are not willing to >invest the time it takes to learn to ride these bikes. > >And above that point? Among us who do ride these contraptions - what do we >consider stable or not? Again, it depends on how deep you are into the >knicklenker-addiction. There are no norms, only individual preferences. I for >one think that anything can be ridden as long as you find joy in trying. > >I am not even sure there are good bikes and bad bikes - it all depends on how >you use them. > > >tamam, >olaf > > > >On Sep 12, 2005, at 10:46, Dirk Bonne wrote: > >> >> >> On 09/01/2005 07:02 PM, mtb@xxxxxxx wrote: >>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. >> >> A little late responce to this: I totally agree with this point of view. The >> human must be calculated in. If there is to be a real progress of the >> evaluation of the stability of the python, then one needs to know what is >> easy for a human to control and what is not. But this depends on the amount >> of learning this particular person does. >> >> In my view a bike and a rider combination is acceptable when the corrections >> needed on the part of the rider to keep the bike up does not need much of >> concentration effort. >> >> dirk >> >>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 >> >> >> >>============================================================ >> >>This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org >> >>Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx >> >>To unsubscribe send an empty mail to >>python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. >> >>============================================================ >> >> > >============================================================ > >This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org > >Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx > >To unsubscribe send an empty mail to python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. > >============================================================ > ============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist at freelists.org Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx To unsubscribe send an empty mail to python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. ============================================================