I wanted to try and design a heatsink, that would fit my Meepo Hurricane carbon fiber deck. This was the first time I encountered Solidworks, but with the help of my engineering friend I quickly became familiar with the basics and managed to design something I’m proud of! I found a shop and had it made and the result is (to me) awesome! More pics included at the bottom.
I wanted to have the heatsink fully on the outside, so as to not take any precious space inside the enclosure (Aftermarket ESC’s are larger). I also wanted to have it large and with many fins, to have the best heat conductivity.
I now have the option to make more if you guys would also want to have some. I could remove the slots that are specific to the Hurricane deck. I might be able to remove the curvature on the bottom as well. I could do option 1 or 2 as in the pic below. The very large surface area draws heat away very well, so if you’re having issues with ESC’s heating up a lot this might help! My Stormcore configured at 75A per side from battery and 100A per side for motor heats to a max of [TBA]°C. I will test today. Ambient temp is 22°C.
They are not anodised, but I could look into the cost of doing that. Just raw at the moment.
Ambient temp: 23°C
Max ESC temp: 50.4°C
Max motors temp: 73.5°C
Max motor current: 100.29 Max current_in: 53.84 ( Shouldn’t this go up to 75, if I have 75 max bat current set in VESC? ) Max current_in_setup: 89.1 ( Is this current from bat? )
Does anyone want one with a different bolt pattern or flat and without slits (non Hurricane deck compatible) ? I’ve had 3 interested in the Hurricane version so far. Price is 40€ + shipping from Slovenia.
I was also thinking of making alu stitches, x thingys and flat alu “risers” (to attach gopro mounts onto) and precision washers. Anyone interested in those?
Right now it’s all raw aluminum, anodizing is kind of expensive. If there is a lot of interest, I could invest some more and have parts anodized. Right now I’d rather not.
I am machining another small batch, because there was some interest again. I have 3 more to sell if anyone wants.
Heatsink - 50€
Mounting hardware - 5€
Shipping - 10€ within EU, otherwise 15€.
Is the price good for the product, I might assume? 
