Building a DIY Hoverboard Chair for Under $50 | Rideable

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[@ohokcool]

It's drifting because the damn trolley wheels rotate, not because of lack of rigidity...

[@YMilkshake]

$50... Excluding an expensive hoverboard...

[@Mashable]

Gotta get creative! Borrow one from a friend ;)

[@Orasund]

it would even work with $10, just borrow a hoverboard chair from a friend.

[@JonLynn]

Exactly!

[@RyanBurgerplays]

I don’t have friends tho....

[@mr19zee]

" I wouldn't consider that a hoverboard " my man

[@vegas11t]

Nice effort, as a retired machine assembler with all the tools, I selected the kits, the original, the XL and now the bike along with 6.5 and the 10 inflated tire board. 78 and the one with the most toys wins.

[@robertbuck7186]

Ha! I like the beach chair on the furniture dolly... I could see someone trying to go down the boardwalk with that...

[@john_bingley]

Great video Jon, looks like a lot of fun!

[@JonLynn]

Thanks, is sure was.

[@kuzmavolkov]

Congrats you made an extremely, rickety, and expensive motorized wheel chair

[@keithhopkin]

That drift tho!

[@JonLynn]

Sick drift right?

[@AllyaM33]

Just block the rotation of the other 4 and you won-t drift !

[@erikatrombley5552]

yesss been waiting for this RIP dog balloon :'(

[@keithhopkin]

It got away pretty quickly. Probably on a rooftop somewhere in Manhattan now.

[@QV1117]

whats the metal that he wrapped around the hover board called

[@DragonsREpic]

End: WHOaaoaoaoaooaoaoa

[@allisonporter6690]

nice god job

[@luedriver]

I don't know what I was expecting...

[@keithhopkin]

Sick edit!

[@JonLynn]

Thanks Keith!

[@jayealvingalvangaddi1861]

your problem is the backwheel it should be fixed and not movable 360 degrees.

[@user-qe3pv5di6h]

which is the name of the song?

[@xXSquidzXx]

I just put a skateboard under the chair, and you lean to turn. Works well, and you can pull more than 1 person buy adding another chair on the back

[@1.2.34]

make it drift !!

[@benhardy6918]

love it

[@dittodotto7259]

whats the maximum speed

[@mrpotatoman5678]

I bought a hoverboards go kart and it depends on the top speed of the hoverboard

[@John-ph9cg]

They cost 30 bucks for an actual one

[@jasonbrown2462]

bigger wheel would be great

[@JonLynn]

Bigger wheels on the back?

[@lukebeshar2197]

WANT

[@bravocado04]

just get a spiny chair. done now sit on it and control the hoverboard

[@inflatableboats]

You got what you paid for! Or, you can get really nice HoverSeat at Amazon. And now we have new HoverSeat MINI, and soon to come HoverBike...

[@marksain32]

Yeah but where are they now? 🤔

[@5centsmedia]

Add a handbrake!

[@keithhopkin]

Good idea!

[@Mashable]

Great idea... Maybe it's time for a mod...

[@JonLynn]

I think not a hand brake but a lift with wheel that would take the hover board off the ground allowing a sick drift.

[@ohokcool]

Glue the rotating wheels on the base of the trolley so it doesn't spin...

[@zackimmortal5456]

Remind me of wall E

[@WorkingHandsMakingStuff]

seriously? "Borrow a hover board $0"?

[@Sejf_]

I was expecting to "hover".

[@JonLynn]

I wish I could perform magic

[@bobburger7067]

Jon Lynn we all do

[@mikhailangel3258]

just by a electic motor wheelchair

[@ErectileSceptile]

Cheaper to do this

[@knowsbetter1]

Vibrate your hymroids loose. lol

[@oof3105]

Three Crows Chase omg no😂

[@sindre1794]

first

[@arsaladnan3798]

Mad he has so many subs i dont :(

[@thatoneguy2122]

I did it for free

[@Austins_Corner]

I bet its pretty jarring on the back.

[@JonLynn]

It actually wasn't that bad as long as I didn't run into anything.

[@TheGrateful108]

impractical, unsafe, sick