Hello everyone. I’m thinking on buying a surfskate, but I live in a place with steep hills. I was thinking in adding a pair of torquish motors to make easier the travel to the top of the hill and have some brake for doing downhill (the surfskate system it’s not the best for going fast)
Next year I will move due to work, so it can be also a nice setup for commuting.
Due to Europe limitations and for surfskate practice… Does the VESC firmware has some functionality for passive help like the mellow endless mode?
I heard about the firefly nano remote controller and a similar functionality, but I don’t know if it’s just a test or if it’s reliable.
In my mind I have this points:
Possibility to have like a “constant” speed to have a constant speed (not very fast) to help surfskating in rough terrains.
I like the idea of hitting brake to erase the “constant speed” and be able to have a brake for the downhill part
Be able to go uphill easilly
I don’t want speed, just to be able to move uphill while carving
Maybe what I want is impossible, but I want a second opinion
They’re not torquey, but the Loaded x Unlimited hub motor kit has an “endless” mode that doesn’t require remote input. You carve to maintain the speed or something. Might be worth checking out until someone adds similar functionality to vescs
I use loaded x unlimited on carver cx4 trucks and I love it. I’m on a vesc based platform though, I don’t know how the full loaded x unlimited set-up works.
Well, Im about the same weight, so what do you think about the kit?
It looks it’s the best option for the piece. It’s also interesting the torqueboards direct Drive system, but adding the rest of components it will be more expensive.
