[Blind-rollers] breaks

[Gavin R Jenkins]

wheelchairs do not have brakes to stop the chair and it requires the magnet in the motor to stop the chair, hence when you add the thought process and the magnet trying to grab the motor, which depends on the speed of the chair - I guess that is why it seems to take a long time to stop


On Dec 9, 2011, at 5:17 PM, <AgapeDEW at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> immediately...maybe 3 second delay from my thought process til I take my  
> hand off the joystick and the wheelchair stops..jazzy..just fyi
> 
> 
> In a message dated 12/9/2011 4:05:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> b.butterfly at comcast.net writes:
> 
> When you  are motoring around slowly and you put on the breaks/stop the
> chair,how  many inches or feet does it take for you to stop all momentum.
> 
> Becky  and guide dog Jake    
> 
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