After three reliable years and over 1k miles on my very first build. I finally have to retire it. The motors are shot, the VESC are outdated and burned out, and the batteries only hold a 75% charge.
First Build:
Moose Drop down deck
36V 13Ah battery
Dual 5055 1400W 270KV motors
Dual VESC 4.12 from hobbyking
97mm Wheels
32/16 2:1 gear ratio with 10mm belt
Caliber II 40 trucks
This baby gave me a solid 3 years of transportation to and from work cruising at a nice 28-30mph (according to Waze)
New Build:
Unknown deck (still deciding)
Dual 6374 2900W motor
FESC 4.2 dual ESC
32/16 2:1 gear ratio
100mm wheels
48V 21ah battery
caliber II 50 trucks (to be upgraded to trampa 12Fifties)
Also, Quick question.
How does the motor sensors hook up to the VESC? VESC is 6 pin and motor is 5 pin.
Update:
Here are some pictures of the new setup. The deck is not what I will be using, I was just making sure my new custom battery mounts worked. (Motor mounts from boardnamics.) But motor and truck setup is what I will use until I get 12fifties
If the motor only has 5 pins it doesent have a temp sensor (don’t worry about not haveing a temp sensor) so you wound need to make an adapter from 5 pin to 6 pin.
not that I know of. I was running 48v before no problem at all. Only moved to 36v because I lost a few cells and had to rebuild my battery. The ones from hobbyking were pretty solid. Pretty sure the 4.12 are rated for 60v I have seen some of the other one on the market that a few friends of mine purchased and they didnt last at all.
Btw, its actually super simple to re-wire JST connectors with tweezers and a careful hand you don’t need to do any splicing or anything. I haven’t seen a video on it but I might be able to make a little one if you think it would be helpful?
just fyi…on my first build i tried/used a washer on the outside of the idler to keep the belt from drifting…however…if the belt does drift and touch the washer it will grind down your belt due to friction since the washer doesnt actually spin with the bearings… which is why the lips on a motor pulley and wheel (if the wheel pulley has one) doesnt harm a belt…