Beginner Question Thread! 2023 Edition

Thank you, Sir.

8 inch kendas, 165lb rider, around 35-40psi tires, wild rider (30+ most rides) on hills, I average between 35 and 45 wh/mile

If I chill ride (under 25) I can get closer to around 30 or even 25 wh/mile

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average between 22 and 28 Wh/km

chill ride (under 40)

around 18.5 or even 15.5 Wh/km

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Thank you metric bot

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What is the screw size of these?
I don’t have my calipers at the moment.

I also had the pleasure of using the “Invert Motor direction function” which reversed the motors but didn’t reverse the speed settings.

So instead of having

Forward 50km/h
Reverse 7km/h

I had to do

Forward 7km/h
reverse 50km/h.


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Might be related to the firmware that is on the device when shipped to the customer. I don’t know what third parties alter in the FW etc. VESC-Tool recognises old FW and tells you that the FW is old but still usable and that you can upgrade or use the older FW. If the FW is really old (pre 3.55) it will want an update.

Help, im building my first esk8, everything is working when im calibrating and testing through the vesc tool program. But when i connect my vx1 remote i cant control the motors, i push forward and nothing happens. Please help. i set up the vx1 using the input wizard and selecting the top one ppm like a guy in a video i watched said, wnt through everything and the controller connects to the receiver but wont control anything

When you did the input wizard and it asked you to throttle up and down, did the vesctool show a bar going up and down (left to right really) like it was following your remote?

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no nothing happened, seems like there is a problem with the controller mabye?

Does the vesc tool still move the bars even if control type is “off” instead of PPM?

got it to work thanks guys

Hmm not sure. @Vetle204 what was the fix?

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Anyone know if I can run the flipsky enhanced antispark without the button plugged in, IE roll to start only?

Did you change control type to current hyst instead of off?

Yes, unless RT APP is not illuminated on the right side.

had to rewire from uart to ppm

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My 6374s currently hit the low 60s in temperature pretty fast on a 1:6.2 gear ratio if I push hard. I do want a little more speed though, so do you think it’ll be fine to drop down to 1:5.64 or even 1:5.17 and stay reasonably cool or will I need bigger motors?

Has anyone ran into a problem similar to mine? I have a stormcore 60D mounted to my pelican 1200 enclosure. The problem is when Im done riding and go to drag my board into my house I always power it off, but I’ve been noticing lately it has been powering back on all on its own by the time I get inside. I ruled out accidentally bumping it on the door when I’m dragging it in and it has happened the last 3 days of riding and seems to only happen when am moving the board.


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