Looking at you @Dareno I’m sure you strut around the sunshine coast demanding to be called by that name.
Friend of mine has one of these monstrosities and is strangely attached to it. I think he enjoys changing the brushes and pushing it home when it stops after 6km. All efforts to get him to part ways have failed. as has his 25kg lead acid batteries.
Question is, does anyone know what the low volts cut out is ? and has anyone swapped the massive 800watt motor out for some tiny 3kw outrunner?
Tell him new replacement Lead batteries cost $1500 because it’s a certain specific kind.
Take the board to your house.
Convert it to a massive LiFePO4 pack and VESC.
Give it back with 4 times the range and battery life. Tell him it’s the new Lead batteries that work so well. Oh and I lost your charger, here’s a new one
Also write “Lead Brand battery” on the LiFePO4 pack with a marker so you don’t have to lie to your friend.
The most reliable iteration of my kids murder board was a hobbyking 4.12 via 2 4s lipos and the racerstar 280. GT2B remote. Ran fine for 2 years. With the big daddy I would go lower kv and 10s
I realise I’m digging up an old thread here but I recently purchased a used Epic Skateboards Dominator 8000+ and from what I can tell it’s basically the same as the old AGM Big Daddy.
My issue is that it seemed like it wasn’t pairing with the controller, I got it from cashies so hey have no idea, they offered me $300 back so I figured I could buy a new controller and it would be sweet, upon calling Epic its flashing a ‘computer’ fault… I figure I would change to a VESC but its hurting my head to work all this out… so far my research is saying that the VESC will run a DC motor and people show it workin on youtube) so was planning on getting a Flipsky Mini FSESC4.20 50A but then think I will have to upgrade to a 8s lipo at the same time as I have no idea how it would handle the deep cycles that are in there (or how much life they have left) I figure if I buy that flipsky and a hobbyking 5000mAh 8s lipo I will break even… then can upgrade the motor later down the track
What do you guys think? is there anything am missing or will have to buy (does the VESC pair right to a factory Epic controller, will 5000mAh be enough, for example?)
thanks in advance for any assistance, I’m in the Sunny Coast too @Dareno if you wanna check it out and or point and laugh at me before offering any advice
Definitely possible to upgrade that to a VESC if I found the right board.
In theory, you just need to replace the ESC and the remote. Information seems scant from my initial search though. Don’t get Flipsky as there is a quality control lottery on their ESCs, among other things.
Thanks for your reply Seven,
Honestly, I didn’t have goals or a plan of immersing myself in into the custom Esk8 world but its a slippery slope, ha ha! I just wanted an off-road capable board for beach riding and for getting around while camping.
Today I purchased an original single Enertion Focbox VESC which from what I worked out should work fine with the AGM Batteries and DC motor for now, eventually, I will probably upgrade to a brushless motor and lithium batteries, honestly, I probably won’t stop until I have a mountain board now….
I think I need to get a receiver and control to fit into the Focbox, the one that is in my board may be compatible but I doubt it’s plug-and-play. Any suggestions for something with a display that isn’t a crazy price? I think that’s all I will need to get it up and running
battery” on the LiFePO4 pack with a marker so you don’t have to lie to your friend.
