Alright ive finally got the time and money to start my build. I’m going to be running a single because 20 degrees is probably my max incline. Special thanks to @chaka for great customer service and help so far with helping me decide on parts and fixing my vesc. Take a look below at the parts and give me ur input besides the motor im still ordering parts.
For the battery, not sure if you already saw this thread, but it might provide helpful info. I’m not sure the Tacon will run well on that kV for a single drive, but my gut feeling is telling me you may want to run a lower kV unless you plan to go dual, especially with a 2:1 gear reduction. I’m assuming you also mean 20% grade hills and not 20 degrees, because that’ll be insane!
oh i already have the deck, and what do u mean by the tacon not running well. Yea the gear reduction i figuered id have to charge to like 16 by 40
edit btw only weigh 120ibs
It may not have the torque required to bring you up 20% grade hills. You may want to get a lower kV motor. Enertion’s 6372 190kV motor is pretty good at going hills. Your setup also exceeds chaka’s eRPM limit by a couple thousand so that might give you some trouble down the line as well.
Well i figuered that if i hit the hill at a fast enough speed i would be fine. And isnt the kv irrelevant for the most part so long as the gearing is right? Also i was worried about that so should run 10s with the lifepo4 instead?
Yea you very well may be fine, but I’ve never used that motor so I couldn’t say for sure. You could reduce the gearing like you suggested and that may work out better for you. As for eRPM, running 10s would put your under the soft limit, though so would a lower kV motor, up to you.
Could you edit your original post and link to all the items you specified. It’d make it easier for us to help you if we can reference the exact part you’re talking about.
Oh, you said motor pulley originally, you should still be able to use that 16T one. Now that I look back, you didn’t specify what wheel pulley you want to use.
That loops back around to our intial problem of the Tacon probably not doing so great on hills. Opt for a 40T if you can find one. In your OP you said “XL 32T belt”
ohhh alright yea my bad wasnt paying attention. Im trying to run lifepo4 so i never have to change the battery or at least not for a long time. But idk how the two compare in the application of an electric skateboard in the real world