A onewheel is supposed to self-balance at all times. A nosedive would be when it failed to engage in the expected self balancing behavior, rendering it suddenly unrideable.
You’re riding a Onewheel, you lift your foot completely off the back of the board. How is it physically possible for the Onewheel to continue self balancing in this state?
on my electric unicycle, it is perfectly capable of of counteracting the entirety of my weight on my toes to come to a stop. idk if onewheels are different
> Once the device senses that it is getting dangerously close to these limits, it shuts off. This wouldn’t be a big problem on a regular motorized scooter, moped, or other comparable device, but the Onewheel has self-balancing technology that requires power. Instead of simply cutting off additional forward momentum and letting the user coast to a stop, the board lurches violently forward into the ground as soon as the motor stops, according to the reports of injured users.
It was discussed in the article. They're adding a vibration and audible warning once the motor reaches its limit, or in any other edge case where the board cannot supply the proper counterbalance.
Why this feature wasn't implemented after the first prototype ever made is completely beyond me. Seems like a literal no brainer. The "bump" feedback can easily be mistaken for an uneven road surface (ask me and my broken ass wrist how I know) but a board buzzing and audibly yelling at you is hard to mistake.
The nose starts lifting and it’s quite obvious. I’ve heard the term “Captain Morganing” in multiple groups of riders, because that’s how it feels if you’re not aggressively leaning into it to go faster.
The GT already has an audible alert, it’s less obvious than pushback.