Late reply, but don't give up on it. When I first started with the python, after watching my friend learn to ride it in about 5 minutes, and with me being athletic with tons of DF time, I figured I'd pick it up fast too. Not the case. It took me more than a week PLUS a bunch of mods, two pairs of worn gloves and some repairs before I finally "got it". In that span of time I was pretty discouraged too, but I figured if I built the damn thing, I ws sure as hell going to learn to ride it. The fact that my friend could ride it meant that it WAS rideable (which gave me a very, very small bit of comfort) so the only issue was how bad I wanted to learn to ride it too. I kept at it and by the end of two weeks of practicing at lunch hour, I could ride around being at least 50% sure I could point it where I wanted it to go in the parking lot at my work. It was exhausting but extrememly satisfying. It was cool to think that such a seemingly unrideable contraption was slowly being tamed. Thinking back on it, I remember my thoughts/emotions pretty clearly, and it still makes me smile :) Put in the work - it's completely worth it. You're going to have to learn the python from scratch, because it's completely unlike anything you've likely ever ridden. With what I learned on the first python, we modded the 2nd one, and then made a "learning python" that 5 different riders ended up being able to ride in under 15 minutes. > OK, so the flywheel needs to have spokes, and weighted on the outer rim. > > What do you think? would this thing keep me headed in a straight line? > I'm about to call it quits on the python. > > Crash ============================================================ This is the Python Mailinglist //www.freelists.org/list/python Listmaster: Jürgen Mages jmages@xxxxxx To unsubscribe send an empty mail to python-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field. ============================================================