Wow, the troll brigade is in full force. @Hummie, I only snap back at people that post libelous stuffs about me. Yeah, I met your “partner” Luke in Vegas and guess what, he didn’t bring up to me what he posted here, we we’re actually very cordial, so what was that all about? You guys just wanna stir up stuffs in the forum…like right now…because you see me as a competitor?
Yeah the web is not for me with theory stuffs that don’t relate to my work, I’m an esk8 builder–in real life. I build, test, repeat. And based on what I’ve done, it does work, cause for fuck’s sake…somebody is copying and selling the same thing and people are buying it!
There are things you guys have wrongly assumed here and are still not considering:
You wrongly assumed that the wind is going towards the face. Like I said, it’s from the side and there’s a big wheel blocking the wind from coming towards the face. That little error could give me pause in believing what you guys say after.
You base examples on static parts. You guys need to realize that the whole truck is moving, the hanger is moving left and right when carving, speed is not constant, there’s a big wheel there that directs the incoming air, etc. All of this can affect, even for just a little, what all you guys are saying.
You guys have to realize where this design evolved from. It evolved from motors that are fully wrapped in urethane with no chance of heat leaving from the side:
To one that has a chance for the heat to come out from the side AND side-front:
So, with that said, I’m an moving forward with my design regardless of what you guys say. You guys may have studied stuffs for 4+ years but I have been at this design for a while also. I think I know more about it than any of you guys. Oh by the way @PXSS, I would be wary about your very long wheel adapter, cause we’ve tried that and it broke off easily. What’s my basis…years also of real life prototyping
Okay guys, here’s the plan. These are all info that I know all of you guys are asking about CARVON:
We are going to produce in-house around 20 sets of CARVON ExoDrives (we’re calling it ExoDrives now to avoid confusion) per week starting right now. This is aside from the 10 sets that we have already produced for this Group Buy.
10 sets of those 20 sets will go towards building 10 EXO Pros for the Indiegogo Backers per week. The rest will go towards current retail sales of either the drive by itself or the complete board.
If you guys want to get on the Direct Drive bandwagon now, you can buy the ExoDrive now and you will get it after a week if you live in the continental USA. That is 100% guaranteed. I know it doesn’t mean much considering all the delays, but this time, I’m the manufacturer and we’re doing mass production.
This current GB will ship Monday. I want to anodize the new Wheel Adapters to black. I hate shiny things. The ExoDrive is also being offered for a limited time only, so you guys better get it before we really start concentrating on completes.
If you notice at our exoboards website, we also have the regular EXO which, as you may have noticed, is based on Meepo, Wowgo, etc. design. This will be our entry-level board that is meant to compete with those brands and will be made in China.
Stay tuned for update on EVOs, which is a bit harder board to finish.
Yeah you really need to get on those EVO update, those people feel so left out. Have Dave contact me if anything else needs to be transported on weekends. See you Sunday 9am at Philz?
It’s an option. Really don’t need the new adapters if you’re going to use current esc of EXO Pro. But if you’re thinking you want to connect the motors to VESC or Focbox in the future, I’d advice to opt for the new wheel adapters.
It is you that is wrongly assuming. Of course there’s air pressure coming from the front when youre going forward but it’s not going to go in that hole no mater how much you carve or how big the wheel is or how fast you’re going. that’s the point of contention and an interest of mine and I’ve done a lot of research, experimenting and modeling of different forced air cooling methods
Fun. Lots of torque. Way better than
Previous setup. Did have a fault, my motor wire loosened. I Was able to fix and keep going with no damage to my vesc
Edit: did SF Bay Area group ride today
The carvon TDS are epic. I was 80-90% successful in converting EXO koowheel esc to focbox. I ran foc sensored and it ran smooth. I had issues going uphill, slow starting uphill cogging, and believe the sensors are culprit. I did notice heat from motors and hangar as expected with these drives.
Overall, they are a blast. I did use @pxss adapters as they fit my wheel snug. The rolling resistance allows for push if needed. My battery was draining quickly as I was in mode 3 Hoyt remote. I think these remotes kick ass and work well carvon Motors. Thanks @Sender fur putting that group buy together.
Question, @LEVer with your adapters for TD, do you recommend cutting the sleeve like SDR and will your adapter for six shooters work?
Yes, I would recommend half-sleeve only if you’re going to pair motors with VESC/Focbox/Unity. The motors get fed more amps so need help in cooling. Yes, the adapters for SixShooters only work with clone wheel adapters (those clone wheels with thick spokes), not with ABEC11 or Kegel-core adapters.
@dspx Yup, just got back home from riding with the guys at Ciclavia. They’re still there but I gotta get back to work.