We have spent thousands of dollars on R&D and many many many months of research & development to make this system, we have also filed a patent for our innovations that relate directly to these developments.
We will also prove our claims using a dyno & we will be documenting the entire journey on youtube. Feel free to tune in and you can see it first hand.
My mission is to build the best esk8 technology, I will never stop innovating…
I’m sure you have and I know you want to and are innovating. For that, I respect you. You also market very well. Saying more powerful is clever, as for the reasons you outlined. Again, smart marketing. I personally can give a rats ass about marketing. I just care about the product. I will abuse (within the expected use of the product) everything until breaking point, just to find bugs. I will never sell a product that I’m not 99% or higher sure will work well.
Talking to hummie about getting molds made, ect. Some molds are 5k+ USD, and getting motors machine is not cheap either. And you can run everything through formulas, but you don’t really know for sure how it will perform until you have them build it and you try it. This often means you will need to do multiple iterations to work out bugs and create a solid motor. I respect your journey, and I hope to play a hand in testing stuff. I’m excited to try a vesc-x and see how it performs compared to a chaka vesc and a chaka vesc with heatsink.
I think it is how most businesses work, for better or worse. Although there are alternative ways (like the one you might be following). Either way, being a savvy business owner is sometimes overlooked by some of the DIY-turned-business crew (thinking the Jacob hub thread disaster). I also think Enertion is learning pretty quickly, which is one of the advantages of the learn by doing approach. The downside being the hits you take when something doesn’t quite work the way you expect.
I agree too, 2017 is shaping up to be the year of the eSk8.builders vendors. Next year will have a lot of great options for the DIY scene, and even more blurring between the commercial guys and the guys spinning (increasingly) solid business in here.
This is all the exciting part of such a relatively new field- constant innovation, and evolution in approaches to the problems.
The pics look great- much better colour scheme and a great look all round.
Cool, can’t wait to see some comparisons. Will these motors also become available as a component for the DIY people or only as part of the new Raptor?
Hi, I think less urethane is also a disadvantage for comfort but it’s a trade-off if we want the simplicity of the hub motor and get rid of the belt.
Congtats Onloop on the new board…loving the whole package.
Q. 360wh Battery …do you have any more info on the spec - and does it incorporate any new technology?
Oh yeah, forgot about that. Having a thin wheel and creating a hard ride is definitely an issue for hub motors. I imagine there’s an ideal ratio between hub size and wheel thickness. On the bright side, almost all of the weight is coming from the motor, and the more motor the more power. Also, the bigger the motor, the larger the wheel; easier to roll over stuff. I’m sure we’ll eventually have swappable wheels for hub motors.
Already working on this with hummie. I’m trying to convince him to make 90mm, 97mm, and 107mm wheels also. Each of his wheels can be replaced in less than 1 minute per wheel, super easy, no bearings, spacers, ect. Just 6 screws, a plate, and then they pop off.
I hope enertion takes the same route, as it’s an easy way to adjust torque and top speed with hubs.
Awesome!!! What’s the baseplate angle and can we choose? Want 44 deg
50 degree.
Is Orangatang or Abec making these? Just wondering since its made in America.
One of the specialist skateboard wheel manufacturers in the US who makes many of the best longboard wheels are making these wheels.
Any chance you’ll be selling new wheels like these that’ll be compatible with your current nylon pulleys?
Yes, I treated also to convince hummie to do larger wheels like 107mm but is not a priority as much as longer hubs. Can’t do everything lol!
I like the carbon fiber washer. You should sell those individually! Haha. But really
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97-107mm changeable wheels with Hubs is the future, you roll over everything in urban commutes, go for it.
The Ghost 90mm is ok but 80a is too hard. This is good for roads in australia but not for shitty sidewalks. (it’s illegal to ride on the road in most european countries)
this 80a is actually very soft - equivalent to kegel, you can see me bend it with my fingers.
Its similar to flywheel 75a / orangutang kegel 80a
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMlMevEAOoJ/?taken-by=enertionboards
Yeah, @onloop where’s your big boy version when it come to wheels lol!! There is an urban market for these 97-107mm, really. Especially swappable hub tires of size. And of course my snow tires given WINTER IS COMING !!
