Hey guys, I’m from South Africa - beautiful country but far from all of you as well as parts
I’m still figuring out the best way to get good quality affordable parts for my build. I got in contact with a guy here in South Africa that sells eboards for a great price, but I’m not sure if I can trust the quality? Maybe you can make a suggestion?
This is the setup:
It is a heavy duty industrial 12v DC RAM motor. Size: 80mm diameter x 140mm long.
The speed controller is a 36v variable voltage speed controller with built in low battery powercut to protect the battery. Size: 93mm( L) x 64mm(W) x 32mm(H).
The top speed is 50km/hr (if you weight around 70kg). Max distance on a single charge is 25km. It takes 5hrs to fully charge.
Twist grip throttle
Aluminium Motor Axle Bracket
38 Tooth Sprocket
12 Tooth Sprocket
Timing Belt
36V Lead Acid Battery Pack: He said: “(you can use lithium polymer, which is much lighter and smaller and can be mounted under the board, but its much more expensive)”
My name is Jamy and I’m from Belgium. I recently started planning an e-board build. My plan is to convert my small cruiser board to an electric one (1 motor). Reason for the cruiser is that I take the train a lot and carrying a longboard on the train together with my luggage isn’t that easy, the cruiser just straps to my backpack.
The plan:
Vesc (Waiting on Enertion to get my order through, last update was mid June so pretty much after my exams, which is good.)
Turnigy SK3 245KV (HobbyKing’s stock of motors is horrible right now so I hope that comes through next month)
4x ZIPPY 5000mAh 3S 25C batteries, I’ll be mounting 2 for 6S and I’ll swap in the other 2 if I need extra range.
Paris 180 trucks, 83mm wheels and Enertion drive belt and things (Have already arrived )
I hope this won’t look too funny, the trucks I have now are quite a bit smaller
Logic 3 wireless nunchuck, I’ll be trying it with the VESC, not scared of having to make code changes if needed. It’s one of the only Wireless nunchucks you can find in Europe for a decent price.
I’ll certainly make a progress thread/videos, not sure yet. I just hope the motor doesn’t stay AWOL for too much longer…
Hi. My name is David I am 21 years old. I have a history of tinkering with guitars, amps, and computers. I just got my first electric skateboard (a chinese clone) so my current plans is to learn as much as I can then decided if the best course of action is to mod it (change esc with vesc, swap battery, give it a hub motor) or to just sell and build my own from scrap.
My name is Luis Sismeiro and I’m from Portugal. I become interested in electric longboards after seeing Casey Neistat riding a boosted Board in his vlog. I believe many of the people now interested in electric longboards were also “inspired” by Casey.
Currently I’m 42 years old and I never had a skate or roller skates and I decided to learn now how to ride an electric longboard. I already saw many videos explaining how to ride a normal skate but I look forward for the real thing.
Electric longboards are a very rational option for every day last mile (1.609 kilometre if you are in a metric system country) commute if weather permits it. Also as an enjoyment, riding around with the wind gently blowing in your face should be a nice feeling.
As my first electric longboard I decided to go with a pre-built. I’m still waiting for it to arrive at my home and shouldn’t take much longer since the boat coming from China already arrived to Europe. Yes, it’s a Chinese clone but after doing all the math and seeking other options it was the less expensive way that I found to have an electric longboard.
I though going DYI for my first electric longboard since I like to thinker with things and I already built a quadcopter from scratch when “drones” weren’t as known as today more than 4 years ago. The decision to go with a pre-built was made because I don’t want to have the hassle of dealing with the LiPo batteries maintenance particularities and because importing individual components from all over the world to Europe is expensive.
Currently, while I’m expecting my electric longboard to be delivered, I’m reading about the DYI projects and understanding all parts an electric longboard needs in case I have to upgrade my pre-built board with new components or repair it. Now that I understand better about the trucks, motors, drive trains, etc. I’m becoming more and more interested in building my on electric longboard. Only time will tell if I go that route or not.
I hope to continue learning through the information provided in this forum and eventually help others with their doubts. Let’s see how this new project will go, I hope I don’t have to break a bone or two before start riding comfortably in an electric longboard.
Don’t worry … Leaning to ride and electric skateboard is a lot easier than just leaning to kick and ride on a normal board…(in my opinion)…I think it’s because you can control the speed and have the ability to stop… Balance and trigger control… Pretty much what you need to worry about.
I’ve been a happy owner of a Yuneec e-go for quite some time here but it recently died on me. As I researched ways to fix it, I found this great community. In all honesty, I’ve been reading you for a few weeks now, spying on your conversations, learning from you. Today, I feel I know enough to get started on my project, my 1st DIY of possibly many.
My project is actually underway. Its REALLY hard to get the part where I’m from (Montreal, Canada). I managed to get a 250kv 6362 Power HD Motor, and that after 3 weeks of searching. Everything else I had to order online.
I only recently started eskating when I got my Boosted Board earlier this year. I soon sold it to buy the GT from evolve, but I’m still short a fair amount of money. So I turned to Enertion and saw theres this whole forum, and I’m basically looking around on how to build a board. I’d love to make a fast and long range board. Similar in style to the Boosted Board but obviously with better specifications.
Hi everyone my name is Jared and I have been kicking around the idea of a build for about a year now. However I am just starting to learn what is involved. Sorry for being that guy but I am trave!ing by boat with mostly very slow internet (when I can get it) and just a cheap tablet for surfoing the net. I apologize in advance for not utilizing the search option more. What I want to build is a electric mountain board that is capable of crushing at 35mph ish and a range of 25ish miles. I would like it to weigh around 25 pounds and it will have a carry handle. I move boats by water so I will be carrying the board with me to run errands and exploring new areas when I can. So can I it when it is raining? What motors? I want to go with lion batteries but how much battery do I need for what I want? I am mainly on the east coast so some hills but not too extreme. I weigh about 180 but want the abiliability to carry about 20-30 pounds in a backpack so I am figuring total weight at about 210. I have not set a budget yet. Is this a pipe dream or can it be done? I want to hear your ideas and comments. Thanks iin advance.
From Brisbane Australia, snowboarding is my passion until I bought an evolve carbon 2 in one, love it, big carving machine ! but it’s too big for a commuter besides I like to tinker.
Have a second hand evolve carbon board with 2 failed cells, bluetooth receiver and controller, evolve esc and misc bearings screws etc.
kitted it with sidewinders and abec 83mm flywheels. Hope to turn this into a longer range version. I Have two 170kv 3kw motors I bought from George from Baja boards. Waiting on two vesc’s from enertion then will see how this runs!
Was going to keep it 10s so I can use the existing charger. Will this be OK for the vesc ? I read that the vesc is designed for 12s for a 170kv motor but at $130 for two of these motors I had to have them
I do like to jump on in and found a brand new truncated tesseract with caliber 2 trucks for $250. Have an enertion bracket ready and 2 50mm sk3’s coming from hobby king. This will likely be my finace’s board as she loves the tesseract shape.
Found a local supplier of Samsung 25r’s for $9 each or LG HG2’s for $12. Am thinking the LG’s for this build to keep the weight down.
Round three will be a beach board ! Something like a mbs pro 100.
When all those cheap chinese hoverboards started catching fire our government introduced a whole new bunch of fee’s, I mean laws, regarding transportation of dangerous goods. Transporting 100 cells from Melbourne to Brisbane, about 1600 km roughly 1000 miles costs $100.
$5 US is about $7 AUD anyway. And yes, this is an expensive country to live in. For example, a carton of beer - round $50.
Also taxes on parts outside of Europe get expensive quick here in Belgium…
