Also be sure to check out your specs here to see if it leads to the performance you are expecting:
I’ll leave the rest up to the experts as I’ve only just completed my first build.
Lastly, I believe you will be asked to move this to the new builds thread so responses can be posted there instead of the new member forum.
Thank you for all the information, it’s super helpful. That top speed calculator that results in about 23 km/h weighted, and that’s a bit low, what do you reccomend i do besides maybe getting bigger wheels? Should i get more kv’s motor and lose torque or get like 4x 6s to give 12s to each motor? What would you say is more worth it?
You have to be careful with 12s because you can exceed the tolerance of the VESC (ERPM limit?) at some point. Other members know more than me, I do not have a VESC. aside from wheel size The next best thing to do is gearing, but you are already at 16/36 which is pretty standard. 8s might get you there and is still well below tolerances.
My very basic understanding is if you are going to do more batteries in series, you typically need a motor with lower Kv, and the inverse is also true. Most builders on the forum go with 90 mm or 107 mm wheels. I have a moderately high kv motor (sk3/260kv) and with 90 mm wheels and 16/36 gearing that runs on 6s I can get to just about 43kmph unweighted (28mph) In practical terms that puts me at about 22 or 23 mph standing on the board. I haven’t quite pushed it wide open yet. It starts to get scary about 18 mph. Even at 260kv/6s I feel like I have plenty of torque. I also live in a pretty flat area however. If you post your stats in the New Builds thread you may get some more responses.
Alright, i will do that. Thank you for all the hlep and info so far! It’s much apreciated 
Hi everyone! I am still looking for the components for my esk8. I have a 300-400 euro budget and I’d like my skateboard to go 30-35 km/h max (I have only had few experiences with skateboards so far and I don’t want to kill myself). I am browsing a few websites and I have found this kit on hobbyking: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/catalog/product/view/id/63725/s/skateboard-conversion-kit
I couldn’t find anyone’s opinion on the kit, so I ask you: would you try it? Why and why not? Which components seem alright and which look like sh*t? The VESC is very cheap so it could help me save a few bucks
Hi everyone!
I’m not super technical so I wanted to buy a complete longboard and ended up getting an Inboard M1. I’ve only snowboarded before, so I’m still getting used to this wheeled boarding and feeling the ground and such. I heard the board was kind of badly regarded in this forum though XD Anyway, I’m in SF and down to ride whenever I have time.
Sup guys, have a good one! xD
Hey all! I’m Dan from CT! Building my first board using a blank Elher’s 40in Bottlenose. It has a little flex, so I’m planning a split enclosure. Unless anyone knows where I can snag one at a reasonable price. I have my caliber II 50° trucks, 83mm clones, VESC from DIY. Trying to build this using a Tacon Bigfoot 160 (245kv). I know I’ll have to limit the erpm, but if anyone knows another reason I shouldn’t use that motor, please let me know. When searching, I’ve seen some other folks using them. I’m also waiting on a motor mount group buy. Going to use Lipo to start. Was thinking 8s. Still have to figure out what remote to use & odds and ends.
My initial plan was buying a dual Liftboard for $600, and also a Louboard 1.0 for 550.
But I returned the Liftboard after 3 days(motor mount failure), and now my current plan is getting the Louboard 3.0 for $1080.
I really liked the dual liftboard, and the company support has good reputation, but the board failing that soon has me wondering if electric skateboarding can be reliable or not.
Hi, I am designing a board with these: https://www.vexrobotics.com/217-4347.html fairly powerful and cheap motors, any ideas if they(2) will work? I am attempting to go ~25 km/h, and don’t really care about range at this point.
Any opinions?
Please read a lot more but this is basically an inrunner and your answer would be a short no
For that price I’ll build you a setup that will last way longer, be more powerful, and get you further, than that crap board
I have a lot of experience using those motors for robotics, and while they’re great power per weight, they don’t have the thermal capacity to keep something like a longboard moving for long periods of time without burning up. So they could work, but you would go through a lot of them. They can also easily use more amperage than most motor controllers can handle so you could burn a controller too. And like @willpark16 said, this is an inrunner and brushed. Nearly everyone uses a brushless outrunner motor because of efficiency and the torque.
This is my project, it’s a 39" deck, 10c4p li-ion battery, tb 6374 190kv motor, and a vecs speed controller. The plan is to make the shortest deck I can with the most ground clearance.
The battery enclosure is from Psycotiller. It has a small defected because of the heat wave we had on the west coast. He’s a good dude and sent it anyways and promised a discount on my next order. It wasn’t a bad defect, and I was happy to have it so I could get to planning my build. It’s a good box, and would recommend his work. I had to cut it down a little, but because of the design it was easy to take a inch of it and have it still seal up nicely.
I have some rat nuts I plan to use to attach the enclosure. I am thinking of cutting a inch or two off the nose and reshaping the nose to make it less of a freeriding shape, and more downhill in shape. Also looking at tail and 
guards.
The risers will be adjusted once I know how much room I have, I’m using hard rubber wedges on the the trucks, and will likely dewedge the back, and wedge the front. I’ve added generic extra long cone bushings to the road side of each truck. I didn’t like the stock bushings that came with the tb clone trucks. The new bushings are much more responsive but they could be better.
I’ve been pushing wood for over 20 years 
Hi! I’m a new member. Was looking into getting a Boosted Board, but thought they were kinda expensive. Was really on the fence about purchasing one. Then as I was looking on videos, I saw someone do a DIY Electric Skateboard for around 500$. I don’t expect mine to necessarily be that cheap. Got me more interested and they had a link to this website. Building a customize board sounds a lot more fun and personal to me. So I think i might want to give it a shot. Here’s a little about myself.
From Michigan,USA. I’m about 5’7 and 190 lbs. I am looking to build a board mainly for transportation from home to work. I live in small town and just under 5 miles is my commute. my commute is all thru the city and would be on Bike bath, non-busy roads and with a little sidewalk.
I have looked around the website a bit the past few days, and understand the basics of building a board. I guess I’m more curious about the specifics of what I should get to build it. Or just have someone point me in the right direction to get started.
GOALS Be able to travel 15-20 Miles on a charge. At least 20mph Top Speed. Don’t need to go faster then 25 mph I would think. Have a stable/ safe ride. I’m more concern about getting to point A and B rather how fast it gets me there.
Hello, I am a new member and new to the esk8 scene. I am an avid golfer and I have seen a couple of eboards out there like Golf Boards and Golf Skate Caddy. After speaking with my home course they said they are open to eboards so I’m here to get ideas on how to build one.
I’m 6’2" 220 so I need something sturdy and powerful to move me around the course. What I need is some that will travel 10-15 miles on a charge. I’m too concerned with speed thinking 10 mph will do. My course is somewhat hilly so I will need it to have a enough torque to make it up the hills. Would like to keep it under $1000 if possible.
Like I said I’m new to this so any suggestions you might have would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, I’m Filip,
I come from Poland, not long time ago I made my first esk8 (created topic already). Now I’m working on some changes (adding 2 batteries for range and top speed), I hope to finish it soon. After that I wish I have some orders to build esk8 from my friends for them, I really enjoy building esk8es 
electronics and motors I buy from APS, it may change if I’ll find better suplier, common components (batteries, chargers, connectors etc.) I buy in Poland.
I’ve been member of this forum for 2 months or so and I’m delighted by how other members are helpful
Hey I’m Will. I’m here to try and improve my maverix border x board. Most likely would be chopping it up. So far trying to find a decent battery to replace the heavy lead battery. Thanks for any help in adv
