Actually pretty cool. The rocket, sweet. Think they could have used a better actuator to make it work automatically. Spoiler alert.
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yeah my thinking was something that could reset itself would be really dangerous whereas the spring it is very clear that there is a dangerous amount of energy contained that could go off anytime.
I saw one really cool comment about using a gyro effect to make it self kickflip. I actually really like that idea because any of us could make it and try it out. Basically spin up a flywheel and stop it suddenly when in the air and use a gyro to self correct and make sure it lands flat.
relevant video to that idea:
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Forget the kickflip. A turbo jump actuator, self resetting. With bindings of course, like an ollie from hell. Fucking thing turned in to a 64 Impala real quick… south central here we come
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like a extra set of 4 wheels that pop up from below to launch you into the air?
might need to move into a “self launching skateboard” thread in not too long
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Or the rear truck be on swing arm like a dirt bike, but the shock is a actuator.bstill pop the front then the back engages.
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I mean I’m actually working on something along these lines for the E-Freeboard Open source Electric Caster
Currently I’m thinking there will be a pull string handle sticking out the top of the module and you give it a pull and it locks into a lifted mode, this idea goes along with the self balancing ideas I talked about in that thread.
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In the comments I saw another pretty great idea: self flipping fingerboard
So you make a small RC electric skateboard and build in flipping actuators or maybe could get the reaction wheel idea to work on that scale. So you could play like a IRL skateboard video game.
Perhaps a better idea is to make a quadcopter drone with a skateboard deck and wheels on the bottom so it just takes off to launch onto rail slides and you use the thrusters to maintain balance while it slides.
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Fuck it. I’m building a jumper board. Going to call it “pogoskate”. That’s short for “pigs on great overengineered skateboards”
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Omg. How much was that rocket? He had maybe 500 in parts just for the sk8. 3000 I’m making 3 bad ass builds. Maybe more.
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I think he went over hsi spreadsheet where he keep track of his expenses as the owner of Hacksmith industries so that counts all the material costs and labor maybe even counting the rent for that period.
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haha with some custom code added 
Throw an arduino in between only if you don’t want to mess with the VESCs just pull it out and it goes back to normal.
Also I was thinking it would be sweet if you had this in an app that connects to the VESC over BT for it, range would suck obviously.
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Top speed is pretty unremarkable at 51km/h for the top model. Yawn
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Exway riders aren’t as good at falling as TB customers
Torque is prob not bad tho
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Direct Drive falling is a feature not a fault.
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You made my day 
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