If your not worried about speed you dont need a longboard. The only reason we use them is for their stability at speeds around 20+mph. It is definitely possible to build. You are going to need a small battery motor and enclosure most importantly. I am doing a group buy right now for 6354 motors that would fit this project like a glove, and you can score one for $61! I would check out some of these build threads:
thats a cool mini board but like tb said you’ll run out of space fast.
it’s also shown on 125mm trucks, most builds are using 180mm to have enough space for mounts/pulleys…
but it would look and ride pretty funny with trucks that wide and board that small…
maybe 165mm calibers would work…not sure if anyone has tried tho.
Yeah i have been looking into the trucks. i’m still not sure how I;m going to do it. weather i just use larger trucks or make my own motor mount on smaller ones.
yea thats what’s been keeping me away from a penny/nikel size board so for now i’m going for a slightly larger but still portable build with the jet potato/spud 29"
its not tiny, but its alot more capable! then you can just get off the train a stop earlier and enjoy the longer ride to wake up before class.
I’m working on a 32" Mini Carbon Fiber Deck. Will fit a 10s3p and 2x VESCs. Should be awesome. I was trying to make it smaller but making it even smaller would sacrifice something which I didn’t want to do.
I think stability has to do with a rider’s ability. There are people bombing some hills on their 22" Penny on youtube.
Even if you can get it to work, it’s just an awkward ride if you buy off-the-shelf stuff from vendors. 83mm wheels + 10" trucks on a 22" deck looks funky. One poster here put Enertion parts on his Penny and I just can’t see it being enjoyable. I think going to a 29"+ deck would be more reasonable.