[Blind-rollers] breaks

[Becky Frankeberger]

So you are saying that the chair can't stop moving when you hit the stop
button or however power chairs are controlled.When I stop the movement of
the namual chair wheels, the chair stops immediately.  But a power chair
can't fully stop right away as it takes a few seconds to engage what it
needs to to fully stop. Can someone guesstimate how far you roll forward
until you reach a full stop. 

This is so interesting as I have always wondered about this question.

Becky and Jake 
.  -----Original Message-----
From: blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gavin R Jenkins
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 3:23 PM
To: Blind wheelchair users list
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] breaks

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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