Yikes! is that particle board in the center? If it is, better make sure it doesn’t get wet.
yep, I know- that’s why I am going to seal the edges. I still don’t plan on riding anywhere remotely wet because I have all the electronics on the bottom anyways…
Not just that though. Even if you use to much wood glue it can swell the board. Not sure about epoxy but wood glue is water based usually so careful with that stuff. You might already know, but just in case you need to use glue on it might want to research about the swelling. Looking cool so far!
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Suggestion… It might be a good idea to rotate your motor such that the wires are not in danger of scraping on anything. It will definitely make you feel how hard the ground is, and might damage the speed control if they short. Bandaids are pricey these days… speed controls are even more! Just sayin!
ya, I have done that on my previous builds, but these sk3’s have insanely stiff wires. Plus, I took that pic before hooking it up the speed control, so it sits closer to the board now.
It’s alive!!! 
just some epoxy to seal the board, paint, and plexiglass… before you know it the whole thing comes together! if you want detailed photos of any particular part, just ask!
the underside is not final, but I have everything laid out how I want it, and it all seems to work!
I rode for about 2 miles today (almost drained the battery completely, lol), and it really wasn’t that bad despite being 6 feet off the ground… Solar panels were able to consistently charge at .5 amps at 5:00 in the evening (big deal because at that point the sun had almost set… I had to move the board to the end of our driveway just to get some sun from over our house)
without further useless talk, here are some pics, and I’ll just answer any questions you may have! by the way, the panels are wired up in groups of 3 parallel, with the 4 groups in series.
I know, I know, I hate the bottom too… I just needed to finally test this thing to see if it all worked… whenever I get time, I might whip up another wood enclosure for it.
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Sweet!!! Can’t wait to see some video of this thing running
haha who knows, for now, I’m just trying to make it work, lol.
when I become a fortune 500 company though, you can remind everyone that I just started with a couple solar panels and a wooden door 
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Solar Skate! no wait… Sun Shredder!
if this was the nineties we would have to incorporate “extreme” in there somewhere like Solar Xtreme or SunX or LightX or something-else-X and always talk in monster truck announcer voices and walk slowly away from explosions.
That’s it.
Solar Explosion Xtreme. You’re welcome. I’ll waive my $1500 marketing consultancy fee and call it pro-bono. I was always a fan of U2 anyway.
sorry i just drank a rather large Sorrento Lemonade.
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Ground breaking!!!
How much do the solar cells weigh?
not sure, but they are really light- probably under a pound for the 12 that I bought.
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[quote=“longhairedboy, post:41, topic:196”] Sun Shredder! [/quote] that! Gj bro! Cant wait for the testing.
if i could , i would place those solar panels underbelly . solar charge it in my car while i rest for a good cool Avocado milkshake 
dont want to ruin those hard working solar panels by stepping on it . but each their own path . ecstatic to hear and view video of this Sunny Sick Slick !
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Did you make progress with this built?
Well I haven’t done this, but here’s some advice anyways:
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it will take a long time to charge if your conditions are not perfect. It will take slightly less than forever otherwise
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Only use monocrystalline solar cells, specifically sunpower
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there used to be some helpful videos on YouTube, for tabbing and cutting sun power cells, that way you get more voltage,
Anybody who’s ever made an solar electric vehicle, like those planes or sailboat or bikes are all using sun power, because eff for surface area.
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how’s this holdting up 1 year later?
it got shelved and dismantled a long time ago, but the panels still work great! just not for an “onboard” application…
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I am going to do one project on solar inverter which directly convert the variable direct current (DC) output of a photovoltaic (PV) solar panel into a utility frequency alternating current (AC) that can be fed into a commercial electrical grid or used by a local, off-grid electrical network. I have components like 1.array DC connector 2. Inverter 3.battery pack 4.power meter 5.backup generator 6.breaker panel 7.charge controller actually i didn’t know how to assemble this components. can anyone help me? I brought this components from the site https://magesolar.com/
look into youtube videos of creating a solar network. Hard to describe that here.