Board:
White Wave Shocker
Caliber II 10" Trucks
Hellion Bearings
Miami E Board’s 83mm Flywheel clones
Accessories:
B6 AC Charger
JST 6S 20cm Extension
Miami E Board’s Power Switch
Miami E Board’s Charging Port
After about a month of research and advice I have finally ordered all of the parts for my first build. I think I have covered everything but feel free to let me know what I have missed or your opinions! I will update this thread as I build.
Pls don´t use the nano remote, it´s not really reliable and does have cutouts.
Better take this one:
diy-electric-skateboard-kits-parts/torqueboards-2-4ghz-mini-remote-controller/
Well guys the motor arrived last night. It kinda sucks having such a beautiful thing just sitting on the table awaiting its companions. If everything goes as planned, all parts will be in house a week from today. The only part I haven’t received a shipping notice for is the VESC from @chaka. Hopefully soon!
Everything has finally arrived and the board is together. I made a few test runs today and was happy to finally be riding. However, I have a few concerns.
@thylen11 thanks for the link. I read through your thread before posting but out motors are far different KV. Was hoping one of the veterans would have input.
Yea the motors are different indeed. Although I’m not quite sure if that matters. There will be a different torque and topspeed I suppose but dunno if the vesc parameters change when you change the motor. I believe only the motor detection part changes not the bldc tab.
That makes sense. My main concern is I feel my range is far to short. I’m getting about 3 miles before the batteries are low enough the vesc shuts down.
if you change out the old motor to a new motor of the same model and type, you’ll only need to run motor detection.
If you change it out to a completely different motor, you’ll want to tweak your settings more than that based on how it feels when you street test.
A 5Ah 6S is only going to give you about 5-7 miles max, its barely more watt hours than an airplane freindly boosted (99wh) and if you’re going fun speed, expect less than that.
I certainly don’t want to change motors as this whole setup now has only about 7 miles on it. If the low range is all I can expect for this battery setup I am willing to add additional batteries. I would like to add to my current setup considering the money invested in what I currently have. What would you suggest?
You could double your range by going 6S 4P with two additional lipos if you can squeeze them onto your board. That would probably be the least expensive option. 10+ miles is a fun ride.