Archived: the OG noob question thread! šŸ˜€

Absolutely it can. Even undersize wiring could. It is what voltage your ESC reads, so drawing too many amps for the cells, low voltage to start with, long wires/skinny wires with too much resistance dragging the voltage down, etc etc…

Ideally the best method would to be to input the capacity of the battery and have vesc reference total power used via a coulomb counter to prevent cutout with power remaining in cells…

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That’s pretty slick. Nascar air scoop.

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Now i just need some sponsor stickers.

Yes, it is much better than velcro. If the adhesive is an issue you could try something like CA or epoxy or something…

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Hi guys.

Just a question about my board and hadn’t considered this before.

That’s the thoughts on putting my ESCs in with my battery pack in the middle of my deck on my offroad board?
Obviously I’d extend the phase wires with 8 gauge, making the total distance about 20 cm longer.
The reason behind is trying to keep everything waterproof.

Help would be welcome.

Cheers

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Should be fine, longer has been done.

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Thanks mate, will give it a shot

I remember a guy from Castle Creations (esc manufacturer) saying they had a guy use something like 80 foot long phase leads with no issue… Somethink about a rudder on a blimp?

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Jeesus okay shouldn’t be a problem then! He must’ve used some low gague wire, keep the resistance down.

What causes creaky trucks and how can I fix it?

bushing creak…

put some soap, some wax or the like on the bushing seats

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I’ll try it out right now

Thanks!

A pair of decent headphones works too.

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From my experience (attaching stuff to drones), mushroom tape is actually worse with vibrations that the true hook-and-loop stuff - It’s more rigid, so it doesn’t have as much movement to absorb the vibrations.

You gotta realize that a vibration/shock load situation can impart a force of dozens or even hundreds of times the object’s mass onto the fastener during the peaks. Velcro isn’t good in tension, it’s good in shear, and the application of sticking stuff ot a skateboard is almost pure tension.

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Bolts. Or more specifically, machine screws screwed into threaded inserts. Don’t use wood screws.

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I’m driving myself crazy, I can’t decide super carves or tb218’s?

TB218s or BN220s unless you need the height / length / snappiness of the DKP super carve trucks.

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Best budget <100A VESC you can recommend? :slight_smile:
Is there anything like the Flipsky one in better quality?

Which one to pick? 40€ or 60€?
6384 170kv

6374 170kv

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Very noob question: How do I disable the motor temperature limits in vesc tool? I still want sensors, just want to disable temperature due to the bug in FW 4.2

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