Hello everyone Ive been lurking in this community for a while now and Ive been learning so many things. Ive finally decided to create an account and share with you guys my first work in progress electric longboard. I live in the US and I weigh about 150 lb and where I live there are many hills (street) and Im going to use this mainly for general transportation. Here is a list of parts that im going to use
•Motor SK3 6374 190KV From Hobbyking 80 + 22 shipping
•Vesc + remote connector From Diy 102 + 11 shipping
•Pulley set (16:36) From diy 47
•Battery Pack (2) From amazon (Research for upgrades when budget is higher) (hobbyking doesnt ship lipo internationally 74
•Battery charger IMaxB6 From amazon 28
•Motor Mount from amazon 59
•Battery Indicator from amazon 10
•Caliber Trucks (Using old Gullwing sidewinders, dont really like calibers) 30
•3 way T90 connectors (2 males 1 female) 1 pair of t90 13
•Shrink wrap 10
•6s Battery JST connector 12
•97mm red wheels 30
•Tackle box enclosure 9
576 Dollar Total
I have all the parts necessary to build my eskate except the vesc and the pulley set from diy (Its been 12 days and they still havent shipped my package???) I have a sector 9 kiss of death deck and I bought caliber trucks for the motor mount but I decided to use my gullwing sidewinders in the end. Right now my battery configuration is 6s1p 5000mah and Im using a balance charger to charge both battery packs as one. I really want to upgrade my batteries once I get the money (150ish) I want to go at least 15 miles and have pretty good torque since the reason that I wanted to even build an eskate was the hills in my area are killing my legs and I get to school everyday sweating bullets my school is a bout 2 miles away.
Here are some photos of my build atm Motor mount and motor I havent put the motor on my board yet since I still need my pulley set and vesc and Im still using it for everyday commute
My board looks really goofy ever since I put in the new 97mm wheels (I shouldnt have gotten red)
My Remote loopkey and enclosure
My batteries in my enclosure
How its wired up Im going to plug the xt90 connector into the vesc and im going to drill a hole in the enclosure for the connector thats going to connect to the loopkey
This is my first diy and my first electric longboard any comments tips and suggestions are really appreciated and please leave suggestions for battery configurations, Ive been thinking about 18650 cells but they are quite expensive and I only a little knowledge on BMS and I dont own a spot welder
A little off topic but Im also looking to strengthen my board (carbon fiber/fiberglass) my board since the trucks make my stiff deck feel like its about to snap