I’m calling it now. This is the future of esk8.
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I didn’t want to be the one to say it but I think so too
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Gotta make it up to the dam in Feb to hopefully see this in person
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@Titoxd1000 congratulations on what you’ve done so far.
One question: What’s the ground clearance like where the shock and assembly are? Seems like it’s a bit low?
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This is one of the sickest boards out there, keep it up 
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There is about 2.5 inches of ground clearance on the pivot points, except the the front inner pivot point which is closer to 2 inches at sag height which is a bit low. I lowered that pivot point to test a more optimal axle path, which helped a bunch.
I’m not sure if v2 will have much better ground clearance as I’m trying to optimize for on road performance so there is some tradeoffs. Although since dialing in the suspension off-road has gotten pretty fun so might have to think about that more.
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Thank you bro, I appreciate it!
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You think these resist side to side deflection to be stable at high speed? 2 wheel vs 4 wheel maybe extra pivot bearings solve that if an issue.
Scooters have a built in housing that has the pivot bearings. I guess you’d need to make your own housing as part of the board design if you wanted to use those.
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Can you post a close up roadside pic of the truck pivots and bushings?
looks like a 3d printed block combined with metal plate to support bearing loads. Guessing a 12x28 6001 bearing.
Thickness of your hanger/“bushing floor” looks about the same as other RKP. Just lacking stepped seats, with large bushings I am sure this is not an issue. Oh wait you just just add washers anyways.
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The truck pivots are wfb bushings. When you have the two pivots you don’t need a bushing seat, just a floor like you mentioned.
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Based on my experience it 100% is. It changes things in more ways than you’d expect
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I expect the unexpected.
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Hey!
Just curious, how are things going with this? I know it’s been a while, but just wondering if you’ve made any progress! I’m new here and was told to check out your build. Beautiful work.
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I haven’t done much to this build. Unfortunately since I modified the front suspension to have better axle path geometry the ground clearance is not great. To get better clearance it would require a redesign to move the suspension arms higher, above the trucks instead of between the trucks as I have now. Another downside is the foot space was a little small so it would need shorter arms to keep similar wheelbase.
This project was a proof of concept and after riding it I think there is a lot potential in it. I’m working my way towards making the second iteration. New version is going to have cnc machined suspension components.
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