


Yesterday, I rode for 35 miles with Mission Control - Smart Control. It is targeted at Levo riders, and it also can help getting correct ride data in the case a Class 1 bike has been derestricted with Planet3.

The app seems to be overly complicated to me. Reducing Max Motor Power is important for long range in case your legs are strong because the motor would give you tons of unwanted support otherwise. (For example, your input could be 100 W, "x" = 100%, actual support 3.2x should give 320 W but the motor only can give 260 W). If you, however, reduce the Max Motor Power to 50% (like x/50 setting), the motor wouldn't ever give you more than 0.5 * 520 = 260 W regardless how much the "x" is and how strong you can pedal. Meaning: If you give a lot yourself then the motor can support you up to 520 W. With the x/100 setting, you don't limit the motor's peak power. With 200 W cycling power at the cranks, the motor will assist with 320 Watts. With 100 W user input, the motor will respond with 160 W assistance. Meaning, the motor supports my own torque/power with 0.50 * 320% (the figure is for the 1.2s motor) = 160% (me * 1.60). What I have, however, found is the possibility of making a single setting which is very flexible: 50/100. When I am on a long ride with two batteries, I often increase the support significantly en route, for example Sport 70/100 (giving 34 mile range on the flat). Since my legs need a solid support, it is often: I use Mission Control intensely for my rides. We're all doing what we gotta do to keep on keeping on, stay alive and outlive this Covid mess. I'm sure there is, but off the top of my head, I can't think of another brand of ebike with a similar app to Mission Control. Is anyone else doing that just for fun, to play around and shake your regular rides up? Mission Control is like having the option to to change the front cogs and rear cassette whenever you want. Every time I do that adjustment, it's like getting a new bike. Like today, I reset the bike to the Specialized pre-set assist levels just for fun. Lately I've been shaking things up by randomly changing the assist levels through Mission Control. Between now and the end of March when I bought the Vado is a lot of bike riding days. Fitness, stress relief and seeing the world outside of my work at home computer screen are my primary goals, so most days I ride about 25% of the ride at zero pedal assist, 60% of the ride at 15% assist and the rest of the ride at 30% assist. Thank you to our customers, Cameron County, and the wider community for the continued support and encouragement.I've said a bunch on this forum that since the pandemic hit I try to ride my Vado 4, 15-35 miles every day. With a test like this, success comes from what we learn, and we learned a tremendous amount about the vehicle and ground systems today that will help us improve on future flights of Starship. As is standard procedure, the pad and surrounding area was cleared well in advance of the test, and we expect the road and beach near the pad to remain closed until tomorrow. The flight termination system was commanded on both the booster and ship. The vehicle experienced multiple engines out during the flight test, lost altitude, and began to tumble. The vehicle cleared the pad and beach as Starship climbed to an apogee of ~39 km over the Gulf of Mexico – the highest of any Starship to-date. CT, Starship successfully lifted off from the orbital launch pad for the first time. SpaceX’s official word on the flight test and explosion:Īt 8:33 a.m.
