those bushings suck for those trucks.
i used to use the exact same setup, hard nipples.
swapped out to insert barrels and it’s a huge improvement:
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Yeah I think you mentioned this to me before and its on my list to sort out. I can tell the trucks are too floppy even though they are tight.
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What duro do you recommend ? I have TB trucks too and I do not like them, they feel too lose and tightening them do not change a thing.
went with 89a front, 92a rear.
used to get wobbles all the time above 25mph with the stock bushings, virtually gone now.
still carvy but can’t take sharp turns at slow speeds. good enough compromise for me.
Gotcha. Thanks ! I’ll probably get a 2 of each to I can test it out.
@thisguyhere I have ordered some of those insert Bushings from the US and they are here 86A insert bushes
more progress too, I got the wires glassed in - as you can see I managed to burn through one of the wires unfortunately 
I have to do a bit more so hoping to cover it and re sand or just put some electrical tape over it before I grip.
Also started wiring up inside the battery enclosure
Firs a test fit of the 40 cells, unfortutunatley the switch is far too big so I have taken the back off and soldered directly onto the pins.
I have also removed the fuse from the antispark and bridged the gap - I will put this in line somewhere else. Don’t worry the BMS and Antispark will be heat wrapped
I have also received the grip tape and am just waiting for my second set of x plates from @akhlut as I gave him the wrong size 
once I have these and I have finished the resin I will get the top finished
And thats it, been very busy the last few weeks but I can sense the weather tuning and im itching to get out on this thing - hoping to do the last push in the next couple of weeks.
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sweet, the inserts make a huge difference.
you can play around with the road side bushing to dial it in, stiff or carvy, whatever your need is.
on my dual 6374 it’s 92a insert barrel bushing board side, 89a barrel road side. it’s stable at speed and compliant enough to be carvy low speed.
on my mono 34" it’s 89a insert barrel board side, 89a cone road side. since it’s not a very fast board don’t need as much support at speed but super carvy low speed without wobbling at speed.
I think I will run a yellow nipple road side as thats all I have at the moment!
Hoping for a good mix of carving and stability, I am not expecting too much carve with the longer trucks - do you find them to be ok?
definitely not as carvy at conventional calibers but that’s to be expected, but you can still cut pretty deep, i found my riding style adapted pretty quickly.
yea the nipples road side should work well.
Ok time to update this thread.
It is almost complete! I had a pretty gnarly March at work (27 days worked in a row) which stopped me from doing anything massive but I did manage to finish the top of the board. I got some pulley covers printed and sent all the way from Israel to the UK. and they have been installed. I have fixed everything down and thread locked all the usual bolts and I am now waiting for my battery to be finished which should be this week. I also got some blood orange insert bushings and fitted them board side and they make a massive difference to the way the TB 218mm trucks feel
Here are a few shots to show where I am, should have this finished very very soon and I can go ride it - feels crazy spending this much cash on something without knowing what the end outcome will feel like - hope it doesn’t ride like shit!
I have an X plate for the back but just need to get some longer bolts as I have to space it out a bit to go over the wires.
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Looking sweet, love the look of the Torqueboards 218mm on the icarus.
How do you know those blood orange bushings make a massive difference if the board is still unfinished?
There is this thing called pushing! I just removed the belts and had a little push around the warehouse after I fitted them before loctiting everything down
The trucks have this weird lean thing if you don’t have insert bushings, its hard to explain but its kind like you lean over on it and then it goes a bit more on its own? With the insert bushings that has gone. I think its because the bushing seats are massive on these trucks and therefore the truck isn’t located in a fixed place.
Yea that’s rakeless for ya lol. But yeah insert bushings or riot plugs help with this some.
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This happened today, but as I went to power up ESC’s for the first time I had an accident and fried my antispark! So close yet so far, now I can’t make the group ride this weekend. Looks like the ESC’s are ok though - the 60A fuse went bang big time.
Lesson learned folks, double check your wiring.
Also weighed the board, 8.9KG - not bad for a 30 mile board
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What was wrong with your wiring?
Lets just say I am an idiot, for a electronics engineer I fucked up pretty bad. Cross wired the +ve and -ve to the ESC’s. The antispark took it like a champ though and saved the ESC’s but the fets are dead.
I am an idiot but this is why we have fuses I suppose.
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Board is finished! Went for a test ride last night and its amazing, flexible, comfortable, fast and carvey!
Im really happy with it!, just need to put the other X plate on it and its done
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Do it and show more pictures with board and landscape if you will.
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Will do, will get the nice camera out and take some good shots and will post a video.
Honestly its everything I wanted it be and more - super happy with it
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Congrats man! How long did you take to build it? Is it the first build?