Has anyone here had any experience with the 2wd version?
What is it about those motors that gives them that sound? They scream. Anything 3rd party ones with a similar noise?
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Well the 4wd version still loses to any decent DIY/ VESC based production board in a rolling drag race
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So Iāve got it back up and running and have ridden it in 2WD also a little more now. Itās alright. 50A on 8ā tires with a 42lb board leaves a lot to be desired haha. But the 4WD is way fun.
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What happens when you set it to 4wd but leave the actual other motors unplugged?
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Interesting idea. Not sure. Iām guessing you just run in 2WD like normal. There are two separate power outputs coming from the battery, one for each ESC. So I donāt think youāll get 100 amps all of a sudden to one side. Not sure I wanna try and smoke the board though either haha
After a few weeks, is this board still held in a high regard? What is it currently competing with?
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Can you do me a favor if you have what it takes?
IF you have the Acedeck as well as a somewhat recent Hobbywing board near you, please try to pair the acedeck remote with the hobbywing board and vice versa.
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I donāt have any hobbywing boards around. Just the Acedeck and boards with xeniths right now.
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Do you know anyone near you with a HW board?
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I dont. AZ doesnāt have many eskaters. Almost all EUC. Couple DIY guys I know. Couple friends with propels but those are ling yi.
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Im almost always the only eskater on rides. Theyāll be like 25 EUC, few scooters and me lol.
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donāt let them convert you to the dark side
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If you guys know anyone in the houston area with an acedeck and want to test the hobbywing theory, let me know. Iāve got a zeus pro remote (hobbywing 9028) and am more than open to testing it.
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Ive had two EUCs now. Had an 18XL about a year ago and it was alright. But just didnt scratch the itch.
Then since moving here I had been thinking about it a bit since literally everyone is on one. Local guy was selling a suspension wheel, S18, so I snapped it up. Thought maybe the suspension would make me love it. Kept it for like a month and half is all. Suspension did make it way more fun but itās just not the same to me. Skater through and through.
Right after moving here though I knew I needed more range to hang with these EUC guys so I found a used flux and snapped it up! Upgraded some stuff on it and now get to go on 40+ mile rides with them. Just gotta try and build a strong eskate community here slowly.
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I know someone with both an acedeck ares and a zeus pro. Iāll see if he can try pairing the zeus HW remote to the acedeck.
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Did anyone prove your theory mate?
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hmm so 5kw board 4wd.
and a 2.5kw board for 2wd. that one has to feel really slow.
and 5kw. I think would start to feel about normal power for most of us. thatās about a 2wd 12s board at 60A a side.
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5kw is pretty respectable, i think a lot of us are used to super powerful VESC setups, for a prebuilt consumer market board 100A from the battery is pretty beefy.
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Oy fellas. I got the board on 3th of August, but had a single slower ride, since the next day I went for a vacation.
After that, these were my points for their customer support:
Last but not least, Iād like to give you some thumbs up! The trucks are incredibly perfect. No signs of speed wobbles, different and more responsive feeling when carving. I got a sensation of a āspring backā when leaning out of the carve. I had to give them three half turns before going on a road, as they might be too light for my weight (about 90kg in full gear). Iām slightly nervous about the bushings at this point. They look squashed a bit more than ideal. Are there options to switch to a harder duro? Are the bushings regular size, or are they custom?
Deck is so nice. I feel really locked in.
Wheels feel like any other 8" setup. The interesting part will be how theyāre constructed - if changing a tire will be difficult or easy. Iāll let you know once I have a puncture.
The charger feels like a toy. Itās really light, plastic and without any āheftā or premium feeling. But I suppose there were not many options, as 14s is not very common standart
The remote does not fit to my hand as well as the boosted one (theyāre of a similar construction). I might have to add some rubber or grippy surface, so that it does not rotate in my hand. And as Iām left handed, I canāt easily peek on the remote for any warning messages. But Iāve never seen a left-handed remote, so no complaints to you there. And I love that it is usb-c!
Packaging! The board is really nicely packaged. I felt like I can drop it from a meter, and itās gonna be fine. All four tires kept their pressure, which positively surprised me. Another thing that caught my attention was the fact that you have it made so one can put 4 tires in the box, and also 4 Street wheels. Are you planning to use this in the future? Or is it so that you can travel with this box? And those alen keys are nice, and 4 spare belts are also very nice
Oh, one mor thing. Few parts of the griptape were loose once I opened the package. I see this as no problem, because it is directly under feet while riding, so itās gonna stick
And yes, the rubber charge plug is as much pain as everybody is saying.
got a fishy email from aftersales that fell to spam, that I should do some procedure:
with attached video:
iād say its a calibration, but I feel a bit sceptcal on that assumption comming mainly from DIY.
well, I did not do it yet. also, Iāve just noticed the ādo not ride in more than eco until you do thisā
also comment from their side:
Because we found that under the current parameters, if the speed reaches S or S+,it is possible to burn down the controller. The operation in the video is to make the board automatically read the accurate parameters again, so as not to burn the controller. Your riding will Safer.
well, Iāve ridden about 20-25km that evening, noticing some weird tearing in the remote responsivness. when I accelerated, then let the wheel off, it kicks slightly. when I move the wheel to accelerate, it kicks way more than comfortable. this to me feels like too short ramping times, especially the ramp-up
also on this ride at the end, the remote starting buzzing. Iāve read the instructions, so I knew it means that Iām at 25-20 percent, but did not see directly at the remote, because I!m not comfortable doing some mumbo-jumbo with the remote at ~35-40 kph on a board with hyper sensistive controlls to read the message that disapears atfer couple of seconds. but I know i dont like buzzing remotes now 
frrrr, timetravel to today:
Iāve ridden 13.2 and then attempted 22.5km, but did not finished, Iāve gone only ~15km to change to another board to continue on the journey. the remote vibrated a bit more to my taste (more often) and made me worried sometingās wrong.
dragged the board to the floor, remote said 25%. wtf? why so much hustle for quater of the battery left?
peaked to the top of S mode, did not try the S+ yet for reasons which follows.
now, the fuck is going on with this remote, or rather app calibration on this board. almost every time I want to accelerate already at speed, I feel like its gonna throw me off.
and I have no clue whats going on. Iāve never had this feeling on any board before. not boosted, not anything DIY on vesc, not older BF boards. oh once I remember I had the same feeling. on a freacking syl08 which wanted to throw you off any time you decided to use the remote.
or is this normal? am I just a pussy with sloppy thumb without much precision and body too weak to withstand it?
so, after the board swap, Iāve mounted my old trampa which Iāve repaired yesterday after couple of months. and boy, that is feahery smooth throttle and breaks on that GT2E remote.
Iāve been passive in esk8 for couple of months before I graduated, but now Iām back baby. and Iām pretty unhappy with the way the board shoulld feel like part of my body
ps before sending, but a nitpick. the allen keys are rather nice. I did not yet have this type at my shop, but Iāve seen them.
when I was adding the mounts for the shredlights, two things struck me:
- the bolts have countersunk head, which looks awful on the flat mounts (also, fun fact, the countersunks on the battery cover look manually done, they look similarly unclean to what Iāve experienced countersinking CF deck)
- the bolts are probably for freedom people and not metric like the allen keys. this means the fit in the head feels prone to slipping, and because of the construction of the truck, you cannot use the skateboard tool to hold the nut, you need a wrench
and while attaching the bash guard:
- another cherry on top, you cannot use the supplied allan keys for attach the bash guard comfortably, you neead a ball end.
fucking heel this was a emotional vomitā¦