@ZachTetra Iāve only ever ridden them with chinesium esc. Dont know how I would manage to set them up in a vesc. Wish I could to up their potential speed. Most Iāve gotten out of these with chinesiums is 38.15km/h
These ran on a cheap controller, a Unity for a short time, back to the cheapo, now to a FSESC, and soon back to the cheapoā¦never hit 22mph (38km/h?) but thatās mostly because the battery has 5v of sag in the first 10m of riding
You will need the following tools probably
- drill w/ bits
- soldering iron
- heat gun
- cutters/wire strippers
- skate tool
- hex tool set/screw drivers
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Idk if itās technically a tool, but every color of loctice is pretty much necessary
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You will also need a bunch of materials
- loctite in many colors
- heatshrink in lots of sizes
- solder with flux
- extra nuts and washers
- all the silicone wires
- a variety of connectors
- foams/rubbers for padding
- silicone to seal things
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@ZachTetra With the koowheel battery, I have 5 minutes of 23mph before dropping to 22mph. When I hit 10% battery left, it goes down to 14mph until it dies and then only brakes.
My best tools are a pencil and paper. Everything single thing will work better if planned ahead. Every wiring I did was drawn first to make sure I wasnāt screwing up something or had forgotten to put a fuse somewhere (@b264). If you draw it first you can refer to it later when building and even after if you need troubleshooting 
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Iāve got a off brand 10s2p, at 10% left it goes below 7mph because it only gives 1 or 2 amps. I hate it
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@GlitterSpitter A multimeter is also pretty much a necessity for working on EVs. Doesnāt have to be a multi-hundred-dollar Fluke, but without some way to check continutity, current and voltage, youāre effectively blind when troubleshooting.
@drone001 7 pole pairs, 14 magnets total. Dunno about remote.
@ZachTetra Ride your board, get a GPS speed measurement and then change the number until the calculated speed matches your GPS speed.
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thx muchā¦
Hi, Iām currently building my first board, but I have a weird noise in my motors. Does anyone know what that is and how to solve it?
My current motor configuration:
Sounds like theyre cogging . Usually happens to me when I give a very slight push on the throttle. Is your photon well calibrated and centered properly?
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Disregard this comment, oops
How do you check kv on unknown motors?
Yeah, @Flasher is probably right. Set up your PWM (āPPMā) pulselength center/min/max in the VESC Tool. Maybe increase your deadband by 2% only if you canāt correct the center point.
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I did calibrate the remote with the build in calibrator of the remote, I will try to increase the deadzone of the throttle, see if that helps.
Iām not using the PPM mode of the remote, but Iām using UART signals. How would that apply in this mode?
If youāre using UART then pulselength is not applicable.
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Make sure during calibration that your center is dead center. Completely stupid he (wajdi) decided it was logical to click the joystick during calibration. Otherwise, increase deadband a good number. Test it. if no cogging decrease the deadband till it works for your needs I canāt help you much for nowā¦ kinda having a small problem with my photon.
It even likes imaginary chargers ever since the fire
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Yeah the click during calibration is pretty stupid. Did you give your photon a paint job?
Increasing the deadzone did not help, it still happens. The issue also happens when not in the neutral zone. I also happens when braking or running the motor. If it happens when the motors are spinning acts as a brake.
almost positive itās 14 poles, most motors for esk8 are
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