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Hey everyone, quick question I am debating on whether or not to put a 190kv motor or a 260kv belt motor on my board. The motors are from diyelectric skateboard. This board is going to be a possible commute to work. I do not have any hills on my commute just flap street / bike path. I know with the 260kv I would have more speed but less torque. Would it really matter since I am not going to be going up any hills? If this comes into affect, I am 180lbs.

Also might be a stupid question because I feel I know the answer but do I need one ESC for every motor I have? If so, is there a way to tie them all together so they all get activated by the remote?

Thanks!

depends on what you´re using! Battery? ESC?

The torque ESC VESC, and battery is three 4s 5000mah 20c lipo batteries

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Hey, I’ve been doing research for a while, but I still don’t know where to get the software/program used to program the VESC. I know Vedder has it for Ubuntu, but I don’t know how to get or get it working for windows.

i have a n5065 270 kv motor with 48 pulley to a 12 pulley. 90mm wheels. i wanted to know what battery or batteries i need and a esc/vesc reccomendation. id like to cruise at 25-30 mph with a descent range.

https://www.electric-skateboard.builders/t/extended-bldc-tool-with-watt-control-mode-ppm-cruise-control-individual-throttle-curve-and-android-app/12286 Try this. It’s great. Unless you have maytechs vesc.

With that motor, wheel and gearing you probably won’t be able to reach that speed no matter what battery you use. And i think that you motor is too small. You lose all torque with it if you want to go over 20mph with that.

Use this. http://calc.esk8.it/#{“batt-type-lipo”:1,“batt-cells”:6,“motor-kv”:270,“system-efficiency”:80,“motor-pulley-teeth”:15,“wheel-pulley-teeth”:48,“wheel-size”:80}|

Any suggestions for a motor that will go 25-30 mph and not lose all its torque?

63xx sized. And it depend how heavy you are and where you live, if there is some hi hills or something. You pulley set is very weird. Any idea what pitch it has? You should also notice that with higher kv use lower voltage and lower kv higher voltage. For example 260kv/6s and 190kv/10s are common combos.

I am 125 pounds and there are not to many hills.

Do u mind telling me what setup I should use to go 25-30 mph with a sing motor. Like what battery and pulley and esc or vesc?

Okay so you are light so that motor is fine. You will still suffer lack of torque, but change gearing for example 15/36 so you can get even 20mph. In this case only way i see is higher voltage and vesc and new motor lower kv motor. With 260kv/6s systen car esc is enough. You just can’t get enough speed. I have to ask that do you have experience from downfill or why so hi speed?

I’ve done a quick search but can’t seem to find the answer I’m looking for so I’ll ask here.

And to preface, this could possibly be the biggest noob question of them all.

Why use belts at all? Why not just gear to gear contact from motor to wheel? You can still alter the gearing ratio I believe to get desired speed/torque output.

I’m just trying to figure out how Jed Boards have done their “Direct drive no belts or hubs, no maintenance” set up.

Thanks in advance.

@Ricky search “spur gear approach” there ya go

Hi guys! I am here to learn about electric skateboards. I really want to make on because they are very expensive , so i can keep the cost low. I will read a lot and hope to learn enough to make it :slight_smile:

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Hi there and if you already have a board then (based on my very recent project) a working system could be done with £350 (£120 VESC, £80 Motor, £80 Batterys, £20 Controller, £50 Drive Train, mountings, ect) This is what i came up with for my ONDA CORE board.

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What batteries would achieve the maximum speed of this motor diy-electric-skateboard-kits-parts/electric-skateboard-motor-6355-190kv/1 but would also do ok with hills and is compatible with this vesc diy-electric-skateboard-kits-parts/vesc-the-best-electric-skateboard-esc/1.

Hey guys, So I recently made a board. Everything works fine, except fro when I want to coast. The second I pull my finger off the trigger I feel the board kickback. The first time this happened I flew off the board and scraped up my arm.

All that aside I set the pulse-width properly and did everything I think I could possibly do.

My Build: VESC 3 - 5000mah LiPo 4s TorqueBoard Nano Remote 8x40 Deck 90mm Wheels 12mm Pulley 6355 190kv Motor

@MaroonArcher: Have you set the center pulsewidth (specifically) and deadband in BLDC-Tool?

The deadband is at .15 or .25 I dont think I have the center pulswidth set I only put in a max and a min