So. Deck has arrived. Carvon’s should arrive any second. So i am ordering everything asap so i can get shredding as soon as possible.
Hello Jan Battery - fine, but it has bullet connectors. What does your VESC have for batterie connectors? So you should probably buy some XT60 or xt90 connectors. See below under harness.
Charger - good, its a nice one as it doesn’t need a seperate power supply. good
Plugs - buy two packs, then you have 4, fine. If you need a soldering iron, let me know.
Volt checker - the one you linked works well. but it beeps and makes a lot of noice and flashes. Not really needed in my opinion if you have a VESC and do the proper settings. I prefere the following one (the one I had on my ride the other day) http://www.dx.com/p/skyrc-lipopal-2-6s-lipo-battery-voltage-checker-equilizer-voltage-indicator-self-voltage-balancer-245187#.V90nrbiLSCg (with free shipping)
Harness, you linked a parallel harness with xt90. This might be fine for your VESCs. But probably your vesc has xt60? Then you need this one http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/_31462__XT60_Harness_for_2_Packs_in_Parallel_1pc_EU_Warehouse.html you need one.
And then you need a harness to serialize your batteries. This one uses x60. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/_31464__XT60_Harness_for_2_Packs_in_Series_1pc_EU_Warehouse.html and here the one for XT90 : http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/_31482__XT90_Battery_Harness_10AWG_for_2_Packs_in_Series_EU_Warehouse.html You need one, and it has to match the connector of your VESC harness. Makes sense?
Canbus? My very personal opinion: less stress if you use PPM. Then you need a PPM Y-Wire. Something like this: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/_9692__Futaba_Y_Servo_Lead_15cm_Length_5pcs_bag.html Maybe this is not the perfect one, depends on what you have on your VESC. Hope you get the point.
Update: dutue missing funds (studen life …) this build was put on hold but I am trying to finish it now.
So luckily I found a bettery pack with bms and all the fun stuff for a price I can live with (and eat smth. 
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All I need now are connecters, harness etc.,and an enclosure and I will be good to go. Expecting to continue “building” in a a week or 2.
I have a similar idea for next summer for my first build. Will truely follow this one.
Good luck!
I just realised I never updated this thread. Basically, I got all the parts, threw them together and voilà it worked. But it was ugly, the wiring wasn’t ideal and It just didn’t feel right.
So I decided to rebuild my build, since I like doing it and I don’t have the funds for a new one
This is how it ran before for a few month. Like I said, it worked fine. The perfect deck.
Things I wanted to change:
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I had vicious griptape on it since I originally used it as a freeride and fun deck to mess around. But on an esk8 hardly usefull, it trashes any clothes it touches and grabing it becomes truely unpleasent with the added weight.
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The wires from the carvons (2,5) are tiny I wanted to pack them into a tube.
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Overal make it more sexy I guess
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Swap the battery out (was my old 10s3p space cell. I am actually surprised this thing still lives…) for a 10s4p.
After removing the enclosure and the griptape, I had to do something. The graphics are just so ugly and since I wanted to be a little creative with the griptape I had to grind wood.
Now I had an Idea, I wanted a nice graphic on it, since the old one bothered me so much. Usually they are streetside, but esk8 aren’t usual so heck the graphic wont be either and on top. Since it is a wide and long deck, my feet wont touch the middel. Actually I think none of my boards have griptape all over, just a patch front and rear.
So, what does one put on a board? Well thought since I am swiss and we are all about our mountains which I love and would never want to miss I guess I will put some mountains there :slight_smile
- So what I did is find a suitable design, so no it is not mine, then draw it with pencile and sharpie on the deck and then re-draw it with my soldering iron. Never did it before, messed up quite often but I think it still loocks decent ! Will coat it with a bit of beeswax for the wood, then spray it with “nano spray” ( what we call them here, they make pretty much every surface hydrophob.
So next on the agenda is fit everything in the enclosure, do the wiring, having some fun with griptape and mount it all back up.
While I am at it, I will change the pivot cups and bushings, since It is so slow that I want it as carvy as possible. Will also do a complete check on all the bearings and clean out the carvons which should be fun…
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Alright Update, she is finished
- So first I did the griptape, I wanted to try something different but still having 2 full “platforms” to stand on, I won’t sacrifice grip for loocks.
- Then fitting all of the stuff into the enclosure.
- After that it was time for the assembly !
- She is done !
- Things I ended up changing: 1.) Bushings (orangatang nippels medium) 2.) Pivot cups 3.) Packed the wires into this Wire tube 4.) From Vicious to Jessup grip tape (so my clothes dont all loock like I ate them) 5.) wedged the truck 5 degrees in the back.
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How do you like that deck? Would you recommend it? Is it relative flat on the bottom for installing enclosure?
Looks awesome! 
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great deck got one myself
So how is the concave? Is it flat underneath so you can get a good seal of the enclosure?
Deck is pretty much perfect for mounting. My enclosure is pretty big and hard abs. Still perfect seal. All about the deck is top for an esk8. Higly recommend it.
using 97 flywheels still getting tiny bit wheel bite with 1/4" flat risers
I bought the deck and is now waiting for it to arrive!
Do you perhaps know what the maximum wheel base is? Can a case that is 675mm be mounted underneath?’
Thanks in advance
68.6 cm is the maximum wheelbase. So IDK how well that would fit.
This is the enclosure I want to fit. Do you think it’s possible? Maybe the wheel arches will prevent a good seal?
Length 675mm Width 185mm
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cant see it working im struggling with the wheel wells dunno what to do lol
No worries, bought this enclosure : https://eskating.eu/product/abs-enclosure-38x165x530mm/
Should fit that deck…I hope
id say it will ill measure it for ya today let ya know
Thanks! External size: 41mmx215mmx570mm (1,6″x8″x 22,5″)
53.5cm edge wheel well to wheel well by 25cm edge to edge
Great! So it will clear the wheel wells since enclosure width is 215mm. Correct right?
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