So a little about me, I live in the UK and have been riding electric longboards since May this year. I had an I wonder SK-D and I have to say it was a pretty reliable board, it used to get me 10 miles on a charge and I have used it to death since I got it. I work away quite a lot and use it to get between whatever site I am working at and my hotel - I have often been seen riding with my rucksack on and my flightcase in my one hand and remote in the other! Anyways, the battery started bulging on that one so I decided to pull it apart and bin the Lipo, I was planning on recycling the rest but have had so many ideas about a DIY thanks to my friend @egzplicit building a monster recently and making me salivate at the thought that I decided to buy all new everything.
My initial thought was to build using my Loaded Icarus, then I changed my mind and was going to build a boosted clone with a vanguard but once I got the 218mm TB trucks in my hand I knew they would be too big for that so I have gone back to the Icarus idea, will be a 10S4P setup with some 6355’s so should be a lot quicker than my old board and thus I will name it the Sicarus!
TB 218mm trucks and motor mounts with eskating.eu 6355 motors and otang nipples bushings (I know the nuts are missing from the back of the mounts, this is just a mockup
I have many other parts waiting as well, 3 fet antispark from @eLDoska and a bluetooth module (can’t remember where from but works with the Metr IOS app)
I have 2 x Focbox and nano X still “awaiting fulfilment” from the cyber monday sale. My pulleys should be here in the next 7-10 days but I still have to order the BMS (waiting to see if the group buy on here comes to anything) and I still need to order 40 Samsung 30Q’s
The next stage is to work out how I seal the enclosures against the curvyness of the board, maybe some neoprene foam that will compress easy but is waterproof? I can sand the enclosures down slightly to help fit but I don’t want to go too far as I believe 10S4P is tight as it is from what I have seen on here.
That’s awesome, and gl with the build, but can you maybe show how you’ll connecting the bms/charging port/ power button? More specifically where in the battery/vesc circuit? I’ve seen all the big posts and schematics, but I really want to see it first hand. Gl on your the build!
Oh I forgot to add, I also have these 110mm 85A Slick Revolution off road wheels, I think it looks nuts on them, would have to take the risers off though as its so high with these on ( I may even be able to run the board drop through on these too!)
I hope these ride soft enough, they are deffo harder than the flywheels
Either way, no point in adjusting any more until I get the pulleys as I know those motor mounts are going to need to move inwards so I will check clearance one I have them and decide whether I can run drop through or not, I do dearly hope I can.
Yeah I would say so… they will get hit with a lot of debris that low and may even bottom out going over large bulbs. Why not inward face them like before?