Hi, I have been researching Eboards for quite some time, watching videos of people making them inspired me to want to make one myself. I have around £200 to £300 which is around $300 to $400. I believe I would be able to create my own mount and things like that; which I believe would cut costs. I would like to go around 25 mph. I should be able to pick up a cheap board or even make one myself so do not add that in to check list. What do you think? If you can post some parts I could look into, that would be great! Thanks.
In short: the lower the kv the less top speed but the more torque you’ll have. Anything between 149 and 250 is usually recommended. You need to calculate your desired top speed - look at my build I have a link to a calculator in there. Sounds like you need to do some more reading…
You might want to consider hub motors for your build.
Since your light weight, you can get good performance with hub motors even at 6s.
With hub motors, you won’t need to buy or build mounts and you won’t need to buy trucks because there included with the motors.
There are several options curently for hub motors.
Carvonskates.com
And Hummie who you can reach on this forum.
Jacob’s and Hummie’s motor are completely enclosed in the rear wheels.
Carvons are longer so half the motor is in the wheel and half is exposed.