My very 1st Post, so 1st things 1st, I want to thank the following: - @onloop - inspiration and community support (& much more) @psychotiller - swift answers to E-mail and sending me parts Alien Drive systems (Bruno) - Also swift E-mail answers and parts Everyone on the forum - so many people who deserve thanking for posting useful stuff, but there’s too many.
I live in the UK, and what I’m looking to achieve is a board that can go roughly 10 miles, on crappy roads and dirt, and is waterproof (Britain doesn’t really know how not to rain constantly). I’m doing this all for fun, and because I like building things, but I’m also wanting to go to work every day on a skateboard (1.8 miles each way), and have some fun on the weekends going round a massive park near me.
Currently I have: - Deck - Landyachtz Switch Eagle 35" Motors - Dual Enertion R-spec 6355 motors Motor Mount - Alien Drive systems mounts ESC = VESC Wheels = Psychotillers 6" Wheels (with 42 tooth pulley) Trucks = Gullwing Sidewinder 2 Controller = FS-GT2B Battery = Self-made 8s2p Samsung 18650-25R cell packs Enclosure = 3D Printed (being designed) BMS = I’ll add this later I reckon And loads of other misc stuff
The only thing I’ve been struggling with is the motor mount for the Gullwing Sidewinder 2’s. Story on this is that I bought caliber 2’s, however with the wheels I bought (MBS 8") I got wheel bite without even turning, so I decided to start thinking before I purchased stuff, and maybe even measure once in a while. To be honest, once I received the Rockstar hubs and tyres I didn’t really like them that much. I wanted something a little smaller and looked a little better, so in the end I chose Psychotillers 6" Billet wheel hubs in glorious stainless steel (love em). However my awesome powers of bugger-all planning struck again, and those too bit into the deck, so, after trying risers and wedges which just didn’t quite solve the issue, I chose the gullwing sidewinder 2 trucks, which I love because they push the wheels out and look great. And now that I’ve solved the wheel bite I now have a new issue with the motor mounts that don’t fit because the truck axle’s aren’t round or like Calibers (more like an awkward Y shape)…
So, new plan is to have a 3D printed ring (held in place with plasticine on the truck), then I pour epoxy into it to grip it to the truck and fill it, just need to wait for my m8 to print the new mould ring and i can start attaching my hand to the truck. All credit to @whitepony for the epoxy idea from the thread “DIY Motor Mount Adapter for Cronins”
Picture of a load of stuff I bought below (this isn’t all of it, and I haven’t finished the batteries yet).
As you can see I bought some stuff which I wanted to see and test, but which I won’t use for this build (I have all three motor mounts from Enertion, Psychotiller and Alien Drive Systems)
I still have the joy of doing the rest of the wiring, VESC set up, water-proofing and whatever else I’ve forgot, but that’s fun for me and i can’t wait
I’m going pretty slow with this build, as i’m doing a lot of work and have another project goin, but hope to be done in the next month or so i think.
If anyone out there has any suggestions or comments I’d love to hear them, I’m completely new to this and always appreciate people helping (especially if they can see me making another mistake).