Well the main point when discussing this board is this: E Skates have huge wheels, and tons of riser compared to most non powered boards. Most non powered boards already don’t have huge rudder style tails on the back, and what the ride height change does for boards with kicks is to demand the kicktail be bigger longer and slap a bit earlier. I recently put my dasher 36.5" deck on my funing electric, and it was OH SO MUCH FUN! That was with 70-75mm wheels and no risers, and it rode basically like a longboard which I loved. This was about a year ago, and I rode that set up into the ground, dragging tail and riding wheelies all over town
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Gonna be doing testing to figure out what breaks. I’d love to see what some others have learned. We hand apply glue which means more of it stays between plies, instead of being squeezed out and I don’t care what anyone says about how squeeze out should happen, it makes a stronger board having more glue left inside the laminate obviously. So we’ll see what sort of routing can happen in an 8 ply, 9 ply, and then in composite laminates with FG or CF on the outsides of the deck. I’m sure our laminates can take much abuse, as we rarely see a broken deck.
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Do you have an electric skateboard already? Or are you completely new to the scene?
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I have the funing which has a broken charger so I need to get a new one, and then also a boosted v2 + which is fun, but I want double the speed and triple the range haha.
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Your at the right place honestly. If you want something bullet proof and good speeds and range you should build from scratch.
So what are you looking for here? Guidance on what deck you should make? Or just displaying your skills?
There are a few esk8 decks out there but none that have a kicktail that would be a good place to start.
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I want to put a board on the market. Obviously v1 will be what I ride for a while, and that’s my selfish interfacing, but I want to find a place in the industry where our business can thrive. E Skates has so much new stock for good reasons, (hills at the push of a button) so naturally I am drawn to it. I love riding, but I can’t be a hill rat, my life revolves around my work, and it is the best way to have fun between shifts. I want to get into advanced propulsion.
Step number one is to build myself a badass set up from scratch, and also to offer Drang’s services to the people in this thread.
IF I were to get what I want right now in a board, it would be 30mph, and batteries that can take me at least down town, and back maybe if I’m lucky, which is 8 miles away.
I’ve been talking to Adam0311 for a bit now, and building decks for some of his builds (one can be seen here https://www.electric-skateboard.builders/t/easy-custom-deck-options/49555/8 )
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This is possible. You could get most parts delivered in the US and all you need to do is read a lot about esk8s and assemble stuff.
For the decks - what’s stopping you from making a kicktail deck where the bottom of the deck has a milled out section for electronics? I sent you a PM a couple days ago and I linked the jet spur deck made by @whitepony
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This… please.
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Yeah - I am not an hardcore longboarder like some of you people here.
But as a community you would get a lot information and you should be able to build a great deck with the given info.
You can create polls on this forum btw, so u could create the thread - what’s features make up the ideal commuter deck. And then ask a bunch of questions in the poll, wheel base, concave, length, kictail length etc, material choice…
Although admittedly you might have a large spread of answers because people are so different and esk8 usually means sacrifices… not many people have the opportunity to work with an actual deck maker. Exceptions of course, treenuttee and lhb
And then ride it yourself and have beta tester
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Nothing is stopping us. I’d like to let people know that any CNC built mold we use of which the deck can be held to the CNC table (via vacuum hold down fixture) can have anything carved into the bottom of it. I want to get people who want to make orders, and get started.
The coolest thing about Drang is that we’ve built probably a few thousand completely different decks, from the concave geometry to the shape. 
We have probably 150-200 hand shaping templates, and have maybe 300-350 CAD designed shapes we’ve used at least once on any given mold. 
These are old pictures, but I’ll try to get crazy about sharing on here. What I think I’d like to do most is get a bunch of people who want to go in on a design together, then build those boards together. Adam0311 makes really nice battery cases, and we’re already working on the next version of his deck which will have bottom routing for lower profile (maybe up to .25" savings) so I’d love to work with him on that, and assembly for the time being.
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Is it possible for you to do a integrated deck with top open lid? kinda like HAYA, HyperBeast, Pulse board, Miami electric carbon deck, evolve CGT. IMO that’s the future and ppl would much rather buy an integrated deck than deck + enclosure.
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Yeah for shizzle. I’m about to assemble a huge vacuum bag which would allow that sort of stuff to be laminated. Check out @drangboardco @drangcustoms and @drangmfglab on insta if you want to see a bunch of different aspects of what we do. I’m proficient in CAD design, and we can cut any molds with which to laminate various components.
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Yeah but top open lid kinda causes issues with water ingress.
Id say keep it simple at the start
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For me personally, I would like to see something similar to 121c aileron shape with integrated enclosure. With mostly composite materials for weight and looks 
I just really like those lines 
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That looks like the wasteboard on my x-carve. lol
Also, based on the images you posted here, i think i may actually have one of your decks. i bought it on ebay years ago.
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Just take my money. Where do I sign up?
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@drangboards I would think if you guys did a mountain board style that would be awesome as there are a few companies who do it mainly Trampa and LaCroix. I would love a deck that it a mainboard style but unfinished wood so I could do all the design work on it.
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Yes! Good idea
Can we get a virtual shop tour?
As someone who loves these machines and seeing them in action that would be AMAZING!
sweet jesus let this happen
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These guys build awesome decks and are great to work with. They can build damn near any kind of deck.
The custom deck they built me is extremely versatile. Super stable at speed, can handle 30+mph, carving is a blast with the concave , a nice wide kick tail so its very agile around the city. Love it. Actually building a couple more for friends.
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