DougM's latest build - Sand Runner

It’s actually running quite well, but it just doesn’t have enough battery. I can only get a couple of miles on the beach (maybe 5 or 6?) before it poops out. Also salt water is so damn conductive that the loop key port got wet and so when I went to shut it down even after I pulled the loop the volt meter continued to show voltage.

So to fix it would require a waterproof housing for the loop key and about twice as much battery. I think it’s 10S5P of 4500mAh cells. So double that - but that is a significant weight penalty.

And it’s not as fun as you’d think because the way the wheels break away on the sand is super unpredictable, so you can be turning nicely and then out of nowhere the wheels just let go.

So all in all unless you have a really strong passion for running on the sand probably your time is spent on a really nice eMTB upgrade. Like this one :slight_smile: (which admittedly isn’t going that well).

On the other hand it turns heads everywhere it goes :slight_smile: Here it is on a September 2023 trip


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