Thank you! It feels great to finally be IN the forum as opposed to watching
I am not opposed to a top mounted battery. It would simplify things and give added peace of mind
Mostly grass and duft. not a lot of pebbles or rocks, although I have done quite a bit of packed gravel roads with my E-board, and have yet to experience belt difficulties as a result of gravel.
As for gearing, I honestly have no clue for mountain boards. If not for 15/60 then a 14/70 or 15/75 (1/5)?
@taz already pointed out the most important things. Top mount battery is a must, chain over belt or even better gear drive if you can.
If you want something on the light side I also wouldn’t go with that big battery packs. 5-8Ah graphens should do a good job and save a lot of weight. If you need more range, take spare packs in your backpack and swap them out.
I don’t have personal experience with multistar packs but I read that they not really made for high drain applications. As you already have them you will know better than me if they good for your purpose or not.
I wouldn’t go with the tb vesc, or as min use a heat sink box for them.
If you run them with 35a battery max than you can also use smaller motors as you will not gather more power over a 6355 or 6374.
It’s not only the rocks which can hit your enclosure. I‘m about 170 and bottom out my 16ply trampa when jumping. I know you don’t like to hear it but I would use a under deck mount really only on the carver or if you plan to cruise with the board. As soon as you want to have serious off-road or jumping plans it’s a big no go.
Yes it looks better, but if you short out your lipos because you hit them on the ground multiple times it’s not really good looking anymore
I got 4 of those 16000 batteries off a friend who tinkered with RC stuff for cheap. Have been hoping to find a good use for them, but I guess they serve as good paperweights for now. No they are not meant for high drain. But their low C rating is somewhat offeset by their high capacity. You are right though, they ARE heavy!
I’ll go the smaller zippy/Graphen route then. I always forget about the “Use a backpack” trick. Honestly I never board without a backpack. I ALWAYS have a small tool set/spare belts/light/charger. Just in case :]
Be cautious about overheating VESCs. Got it.
If I didn’t want to hear negatives/other opinions, I would not have posted!
I’ll shoot for 17ply with a top mounted battery and motor mounted VESCs (Or the like)
I do indeed dislike the idea of a big box looking thing between my legs.
I don’t know how long the space between the foot straps is. I’d guestimate a little over a foot. Perhaps I could fit 4 3S batteries side-by-side between my feet for a long/low(er) profile flexible battery housing on top.
Could I bug you to take a quick peek at the length of that space?
About the battery box.
You could go with a pelican case, but it’s big and you need to like how it looks
There is also the trampa mega box I think it’s called. @taz is using this one and can surely tell you if it’s a good one or not.
If you have access to a 3D Printer you could also print your own boxes like I did for example.
That is alright.
Imperial units are dumb anyway. I don’t know who thought that something other then the Metric system would be a good idea.
I wish the US ran Metric as a standard of measuring. It makes so much more sense. Just like 24 hour time.
Perfect.
With each battery side by side, I would only need a space 28x17cm, which would leave it at a height of about 2.5cm.
Honestly its not only the look, but alsot the idea of the board feeling more topheavy with a tall box. I like the weight spread out, and the slim look is great as well
I have some aluminum I can cut out and use as for building a flexible housing.
Yes! I saw your build earlier today. It looks amazing, especially with the LEDs. I am always biased towards LEDs.
Unfortunately I do not have access to a 3D printer. I should really invest in one of those, and soon. I either need to hand craft or buy enclosures, which can be a bit of a pain as neither may easily yield the exact results I want. The closer the better though!
Thank you! I have gotten answers in the last hour, that I did not find in the past few days of looking at Mountainboard Builds!
It has a lot of space, I fit a 12S7P battery in there and could fit a 12S9P if I wanted to.
I like the fact that it is mounted with 3 bushings on the middle of the deck. This allows the deck to flex as designed and in combination with the electric trampa deck makes for very clean cable routing.
Welcome bud! A few things I’ll say, I suggest top mount enclosure. I was riding my hybrid mtb on gravel, grass, dirt, etc but am now going full emtb because I got stuck in the woods on some jumps and such. You’re on the right path.
If you’re considering a 3d printer, get the ender 3. 8.5 x 8.5 x 9" tall print bed can prototype enclosures and its phenomenal quality for the price. Lots of easy upgrades to eventually do too. Only $180 if you can find it at a good deal. Good luck to you man.
Check out diy junction boxes online as well. Decent platform to trick out for a top enclosure.
Its definitely settled. A (slim light) top mounted battery box! I’ll skip out on the bms for now and charge the individual batteries as needed.
Wow, 3D printer advice too! Ill deff poke around in that regard. It would be so helpful, especially for mounts, enclosures, and wheel pullies.
And countless other things in general life and other builds.
Now to decide vesc 4.something…21? Vs 6.41 vs what others have been using.
Nervous about doing something other then a VESC, but I will take the 1 year warranty gladly
Seems to offer some neat tricks. Bluetooth connection, charging ports, 80A continuous.
The unity is a vesc based controlled. They just cant write VESC in the name because its trademarked by trampa. You’ll have all the futures that any other vesc have, + even more.
Intresting. Well I definitely did not buy the singular Focbox lol. In which case they sent me the wrong link. I’ll double check when I can, and will try your link.
Thanks! That would have caused me a good deal of confusion later on!
but I would use a under deck mount really only on the carver or if you plan to cruise with the board. As soon as you want to have serious off-road or jumping plans it’s a big no go.
Yes it looks better, but if you short out your lipos because you hit them on the ground multiple times it’s not really good looking anymore 
I’ll shoot for 17ply with a top mounted battery and motor mounted VESCs (Or the like)
I do indeed dislike the idea of a big box looking thing between my legs.
I don’t know how long the space between the foot straps is. I’d guestimate a little over a foot. Perhaps I could fit 4 3S batteries side-by-side between my feet for a long/low(er) profile flexible battery housing on top.
Seems to offer some neat tricks. Bluetooth connection, charging ports, 80A continuous.
