not sure I posted these pics here
interesting read if you like a good ol ip fight over something they all love.
What other names did they consider for the Freebord
Why is there no ‘a’ in Freebord
What is Steen doing now?
^update to that question he works as the hardware design lead a Snap inc (Snapchat)
So he designed those glasses that let you film and post snapchats and stuff. Cool!
Starting about 1 min in Steel talks about some of the first prototypes
This is good research content
I just had a dumb idea, you could design a powered caster with wires coming up into a special universal joint hidden in the board. Then you have a hall sensor on your caster’s rotation and also a motor on your battery/ESC assembly. So any movement by the caster is matched by the motor rotating the battery/ESC assembly to match so the wires stay straight. Would need two independent ones for each caster.
I put the V2, SBX bearing block and the new school and old school baseplate hole patterns all on there. Because I can.
To make that part work in a SBX you would need to either cut the outside to some special shape I don’t have the dimensions for yet to fit the stock plastic housing, or print a housing with this square shape. You would be able to put it on a V1/2 and Freebord deck without mods tho.
haha does not allow a Cam but this would be a special kind of board, possible that you have electric and non electric casters you swap or different heights/wheels or something.
SBX wheels it is then… oh yeah I can cast my own too maybe get cheap enough to make it worth it.
lmfao it is today I realized Caster is not a Castor. idek, research and dev has been done in an unprofessional manner.
I previously was thinking about non electrical slip rings like hydraulic and such, as they would be more dirt and vibration resistant. A cool idea would be using water so you can make a crappy leaky diy slip ring and that is fine you just refill after a while. You could try to do the same with pneumatic to avoid a wet system, to be clear it would be going through a geared turbine not one way although that would be a good simple test of a hydraulic motor drive.
the pneumatic turbine drive would sound like riding a turbo Freeboard, sick.
Speaking of sending power one way I have a fun idea to make a gravity caster with a EDF slapped on it. Or possibly the EDF could be mounted above the caster and the thrust is ducted down and out the caster pointed right. Huh I guess then you need an airbag/caster in the middle too for the maximum idea.
https://www.dryftboard.com/
https://www.instagram.com/standupdrifting/
Questionable if a motor on that back caster would make it any more fun or what.
Insanely slow and more. But if they have them already poured maybe not a problem.
Good day
Im new here, but I have been following this group for over a year now all the while trying to build a diy summerboard. May I ask why did you guys move away from a centre mount drive wheel, was there any specific down side? And by downside, I mean design, but also mainly in ride ability and performance.
Regards Jon
