This is a thread to drop the simple advice you wish someone gave you when you started. Apparently we didn’t have one, and that sucks. Stuff that you didn’t do that came back to haunt you is optimal.
I’ll start.
Don’t use power tools on enclosure mounting bolts. You might fuck up your deck.
Lightly sand your motor shaft key and keyway, green loctite usually works but it’ll help it work regardless.
Esc>bullets>panel mounted amass connecter is the best order of connections for motor to esc if you want easy maintenance and part swaps.
You can run a panel mounted USB cable to your vesc for wired connection without opening anything up.
Frogtapes “paint seal technology” is a con, not a pro, for almost every use you could employ it for. Blue scotch gang for life.
Carbon fiber is conductive. If I have to explain further, do not build an esk8.
Measure 4 times. In millimeters. When I measure twice, I still end up wrong, somehow.
Wear a helmet or you won’t be around to comment when we say you should have.
Gorilla tape(the waterproof plumbing version) has held the broken pipes under my sink together for over a year. Without a sign of wear OR tear. It ain’t pretty, but it’ll save your life. Apply tactically, it’s a nightmare to remove.
I’ll be back with more but that would require thinking. Your turn! Drop your pro tips here. If this doesn’t outperform the esk8 untruths thread, we’re all in danger. Love you fools.
Do not for any reason rush your build…it sucks waiting for parts, it sucks having to order that 1 thing that is holding up your ride time…Almost every time I “made something work” I regretted it later and it cost me more to fix it in the long run
“just get it running and call it done” is an absolutely perfect point of view for a board you intend to ride for two weeks and ditch. Let them find out why that’s not a good long term plan, I say.
“Don’t build anything that relies on a setup the hasn’t been previously tested,” is great advice, but also no fun and leads directly to stagnation.
As such, be aware of the balance. Innovation comes with the very real and very likely possibility of sacrifice, which may or may not have ANY payoff. That sacrifice may include every drop of work youve put in to this. Be aware of that, and play it safe at first, future noobs. That is all.
That’s fair. Just be careful is too vague though. People tend to fuck up, so I say be careful. Some of you don’t need the advice here, write tips as if to those who do.
They’ve caused me so many headaches. The VESC tool seems to be extra finicky about them too. I’ve had cables that I have known where data cable, but the VESC tool didn’t give a fuck. There’s another tip. The VESC tool doesn’t give a fuck.
IIRC ya we’re a bit stubborn at first.
