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[–] [email protected] 60 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think this chair could use some multi-barreled autocannons. For self-defense, of course.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

To be fair they are going into nature, and nature can be a dick.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

So it starts

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

There's a pretty cool guy on YouTube called JerryRigEverything. He started a non-profit company called Not A Wheelchair that makes electric wheel chairs that can be used off road.
I'm on mobile so linking is hard, but check out notawheelchair.com to see what they make.
Edit: Oh, it auto links. Neat.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I remember when he was prototyping that for his then girlfriend (not sure where they are in their relationship now) and when he announced that it was going to a bigger scale and the proceeds were going to go to some really good places I was stoked. He's come so far from where he started!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

First I saw these wheelchairs was when the youtuber GoodTimesWithScar did a video on one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was so happy for Scar when he got that wheelchair.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

True, watching him be so happy just going outside was peak wholesome

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

That looks more ch more useful and gentler on nature. Also easier for someone to fetch when it inevitably breaks down. Seems like you should have a seatbelt, maybe some sort of leg guides, useful racks, a phone/go-pro mount, etc

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm chair bound and have used my regular chair while camping several times. I can't just wander into the woods of course, but every campground I've been to has had well used trails that are hard packed enough to use a normal chair on. That thing looks like a maintenance nightmare that destroys nature more than explores it. Someone in this thread already posted one that seems a better fit. This just seems more interested in being tank like than useful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Those were my thoughts upon viewing it.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My retirement plan is uploading my consciousness to an ATV

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

someone's gonna accidentally upload you into one of these

[–] BedSharkPal 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Get a load of this guy thinking retirement is even an option now!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oh he will retire alright... from his flesh though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

The machine is my temple. Each one a sacred shrine. I name each piston blessed, and every gear divine.

Praise the Omnissiah.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is also the "Joelette" that allows disabled people to access trail.

It's a kind of all terrain one wheel wheelchair, you need two person to assist you but I've seen quite a few people using it and it seems to be working quite well.

There is even version with an electric motor.

Joelette

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is quite cool. I guess disabilities and trails are so many and varied, there's not going to be a single device to cater to all requirements.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I read:

All-terain wheelchairs have started arriving as skate parks

and now I want to see someone take one of these onto a half pipe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Quick! Someone clone Tony Hawk, and mix it with Stephen Hawking!

We can call him Tony Hawking! He'll develop the theory of the wheelchair 1080°!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Until the people who just don’t want to walk, or like to play around like children, get them and ruin it for everybody else. lol

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was part of a team in uni who worked with a state park to develop a plan for one of these and this was one of the biggest concerns for us. We ended up deciding that it was a self-selecting process anyway. Speaking candidly, very few obese people have any interest in going outdoors and it's not like these chairs are super comfy or easy to ride. The people who take the initiative to schedule one and go through the orientation/training process probably have valid reasons for needing the chair and are most likely motivated to go outdoors, as well. It's been a few years since I talked to the park ranger we worked with, but it seemed like that was there hadn't really been any issues w/r/t your concerns.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Please forgive for hijack, but I have thoracic damage that makes posture about like lifting weights where I fade to failure fast sitting or standing. Do you know of anyone working on support for issues like this from your time in Uni?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When one of my friends was in a wheelchair after a car accident, it quickly became evident to us how limiting being forced into a wheelchair 24/7 is.

This is fucking rad. I'd be stoked to come across someone powering through the trails in one of these.

The size is still limiting for sure but I'd happily volunteer more time at the local parks to widen trails if we had these.

Lpt: if you ever want things to happen with local hiking/equestrian/cycling trail parks, look for mountain biking communities. They can be some of the friendliest, most helpful outdoorsy people you can encounter. They can and will volunteer all their time to update local trails to accommodate something like this

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

This is already a thing. They're just not shaped like tanks.

Are they providing them rent-free, to people with disabilities? If not, fuck them. Also, it's more about the trails than the vehicle. You need a wide, flat trail. You can't risk flipping a mobility scooter. It can kill the rider, and they're heavy as fuck, even if they survive.

Edit: sorry this ticked me off. Do you have an article?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

That thing looks pretty badass to be honest. I'm sure lots of perfectly healthy folks would also love to ride it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Top gear did it years ago

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This might be the one created by the owner of Action Sports in Marshall Minnesota. I believe it is a son and a son in-law, around 2006 one of them had an accident and became paralyzed. Next year, the other had an accident and became paralyzed. This guy made this wheelchair for them. He sells the wheelchairs as well.

Googled it. Called the Action Track Chair.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

So all James May needed was tracks and his design would have been perfect!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is great. Put a smile on my face this morning.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This is some James May level shit right here!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It's so refreshing to see some good news like this!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Desired end-state for a true-kin Quad game

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

There's also this.

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Cool now we can destroy nature even faster.

I get the idea behind this but it's just gonna cause more issues.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They're going on trails that other people walk on anyways. What's the difference between these treads and the hundreds of shoes that walk those trails?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

These types of tracks literally tear up the ground if you turn even just slightly (which will happen constantly). Shoes do more packing down than they do tearing. Also shoes generally won't affect a path or 2 feet wide or more. Also shoes generally aren't as sharp or flat as the tracks so there's just overall far less friction.

So one is a horrific nightmare for erosion and the other is not.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, disabled people should just stay home and leave enjoying nature to the rest of us.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

They said they get behind the idea. Why ignore that and assume bad intentions?

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