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#3502

I know I shouldn’t but this one is more water tight and I’m spending a week in Scotland so got carried away with dream lol I knew it while I was doing it based on the spares and tools I was planning taking , taking half the crap now and just my 2 essential boards :slight_smile:

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#3503

This “or” here is deceiving – I used to think that as well, and the math indeed says that.

However, in real life, the higher Kv motors are better because you can run them unsensored and they startup SO MUCH EASIER than a lower Kv motor from a dead stop.

So a 190Kv at 15/40 is better than a 160Kv at 16/36 even though the math says it’s a wash.

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#3504

And OMG I’ve never been able to take a Professor Shart answer further before; unbelievable

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#3505

:shushing_face:

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#3506

What is the hobby king ‘‘boom stopper’’ used for in eskate?

#3507

@PixelatedPolyeurthan It’s a tester for short circuits. Just to make sure you weren’t too drunk when you soldered your connectors

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#3508

I want to build my own battery, can someone please write me the best option to do so?

safe
easy
and
great

Thanks :wink:

#3509

Best option for what? Tape? Solder? Batteries? Need to be a bit more specific there friend

#3510

Sorry your right.

Spot welding + soldering here and there I guess.

#3511

I’d suggest reading some or all of this thread.

And they are all ready to help on those dying questions you’ll have.

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#3512

Thanks flasher, I already did some hours of reading there but I got lost by all the different ways to do it and techniques etc etc :slight_smile: I will try asking there, thanks

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#3513

i’ve ridden hummie hubs unsensored in the 75kv range… i think if you rewound the same motor to 190kv it would be harder to start since it would put out much less torque for the same motor current.

i think the ideal setup for me would be 4 hubs at 91kv with 120mm tires, 12S and 60a battery limit per motor. in theory this can sustain +50mph on a 35% grade. 14mm steel through axle.

#3514

It wont be easy but you can learn lots from them

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#3515

“Boom Stopper” sounds like Chinglish for “Anti-Spark”

edit: upon further reading, it’s just a fuse holder

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#3516

@b264 Taking things a step further, no matter what kv you choose to wind a motor with a given copper volume and winding style, it puts out the same torque for the same copper losses.

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#3517

@Flasher so it is only to test? just plug the esc and battery to it and test? Why not leave it on?

#3518

@PixelatedPolyeurthan Cus it can’t handle more than 2amps

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#3519

Ah so you don’t ride with it, you just bench test or just simply turn your board on and see if it blows up?

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#3520

Exactly

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#3521

I just dont have the time to build one 100% from scratch yet. I am sure in the future I will start doing modifications and end up building from scratch eventually but I want on a board ASAP as my electric fat bike just died and I decided to go the skate route for my next escape. I used to longboard and miss it.
I almost bought this:
http://www.diyeboard.com/36-dual-motor-6-wheels-allterrian-electric-skateboard-10s3p-p-695.html

But then started reading about rims and trucks breaking and though forget that. So then I started looking at making from scratch and now I am completely over whelmed lol.

Is there a small wheeled AT board thats fully built I could take all components and slap on the deck I want, which is : https://www.buildaboard.com/build-a-board-longboard-or-skateboard/build-a-40-drop-through-drop-down.html#prettyPhoto

I also want something I can use different trucks on thats does not have a proprietary size, at least slightly common size. Scared whatever trucks come with it will be crap.

I just wanna have fun and not die lol and have decent performance nothing crazy.