Post #1901973
2026-05-03 02:37 UTC
The first issue is perhaps mostly a skill issue - but I'm not sure. Perhaps I can learn to be better at it. In the time I spent with it today, I did feel I was already improving, but due to some of the hills and the 30 trees I have to contend with in my yard, there were a number of close calls that I felt legit freaked out by.
You ever see those videos of some old guy getting confused about which pedal is the brakes and then crashing through a building?
That.
I get it now.
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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 02:39
As a n00b with this control scheme, it feels unbelievably dangerous. As in - how the hell do they sell these. This isn't likely a problem unique to Ego. It's not even a problem unique to this kind of machine. I mean, a motorcycle kinda has the same thing going on there. But the thing is, I didn't expect a motorcycle. I didn't expect this learning curve. I have a spot near my mailbox that plunges 10-15 feet straight down to a drainage creek. I'm terrified to cut anywhere near that with this.