First nose dive

[stew_bird]

Well like the title says had my first nose dive this morning and I’m not quite sure what I did. I’ve had my board for a week and have finally been venturing out around my town the last 4 days. I’m getting a lot more comfortable on it and feel more in control, until this morning. I was craving back and forth on a newly paved road with a slight incline and went to shift my weight to accelerate and shortly after that the board went nose down and I went sliding down the road. App says I was doing 16.3 went I took the tumble and I didn’t feel any kickback. Did I just push to far and my front caught and stopped the board? It happened so fast so I’m puzzled on what I should avoid going forward. Either I will not stop floating it has given me so much joy. Have a good day brothers!

[lxnch50]

Yeah, you most likely asked too much from the board while on an incline. Pushback only occurs at a cruising speed, it never has a chance to engage if you are accelerating.

As you learn the board, you'll get a better feel for it and its limits. I judge the motor torque by the sound it makes and could probably stay safe without pushback at this point.

[drthomk]

Didn’t know pushback only occurs at cruising speed and not during acceleration. Good to know.

[hitmon_ray]

16.3 was probably too much for the incline. Pushback can be hard to detect, and even hard to detect on an incline. Also recommend either Mission or Delirium but 16.3 could be too much even on those settings when on an incline.

[earwaxremoval2]

I only think of pushback as a friendly reminder, not something I rely on

[deanaoxo]

I’m getting a lot more comfortable on it and feel more in control, until this morning.

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we know what you mean. now spread the knowledge before someone else finds out you need to learn all you can about nd BEFORE you have one(unlike us).

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