You weren’t the only one to experience interference issues at esk8con with the Hoytpuck. It surprised me to hear it, but I know others were having issues too.
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For sale: New fangled electric skateboard wired remote. Ergonomic and full of features and buttons!!
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I think i would just really not like a wired remote. would be concerned with where the wire was all the time. even once I got used to it, i’m sure i’d have an incident where i ripped it out by accident.
but it’s a curious thought.
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It sounds like some of you need the healing saving power of one wheeled boards.
No remote needed, and no need to stoop down to DKP nonsense for a better turning radius.
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i heard OW were all about vescs and remotes these days.
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hey guys look i got a bkb voya-
punted off the board because it decided to go full throttle and slam the nose into the ground
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My only problems with wireless disconnects have been the wiring itself. Maybe poor or grubby plug pins, maybe solder joints, not sure. I cleaned and reflowed all the solder and never had problems since.
When I did need to wire another 2kwh of battery up for a late night 80km mission inland when I was new to esk8, I wired my shoes and deck with copper plates. Speaker flex is great, one core down each trouser leg with nuts’n’bolts to the copper pads on my shoe soles. Just no hopscotch on the cattle stops, or playing in rivers.
I am worried a wire would want to get caught in my wheels or motors. That’s really the bit I am struggling with when thinking about this.
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I would be more concerned about a wire going bad from physical wear than a well designed wireless remote losing signal.
Now about those well designed wireless remotes… Do they exist?
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The first electric skateboard racing had wired remotes.
Hard to beleive this was only 12 years ago.
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My how things have changed. I imagine they got away from it because they liked the freedom of wireless and didn’t want to get snagged on other racers. Were there signal interference issues?
I think they were using DC motors and the current scooter tech if the time. The story is funding and interest ran out of the NAPSR project. They raced at the Encino CA velodrome.
At esk8con24 during freeride there were many prominent RF interference issues vs qualifying, heats and mains that had none that I heard of.
The ones reported were confined to the first track section where the track exit was located.
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I can genuinely appreciate the intent of this discussion. Let’s face it, esk8 remote tech is behind the curve.
While a hardwired remote may help solve some cutout issues, I think promoting an esk8 remote brand to adopt some modern tech would significantly help reduce the risk of detrimental cutouts.
A few suggestions:
- Switchable low frequency options 868MHz (Europe) / 915MHz (USA)
- Use of frequency hopping technology
- Diversity receivers on the board (1 should be a patch antenna facing upward)
- Programmable failsafe options
- Standardize best practices in terms of keeping noisy electronics shielded
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Luckily for us there are RF remote options and options within vesc tool with many of these suggestions implemented
I have yet to see any esk8 remote with low frequency options, diversity receivers and a programable failsafe option. Can you name one?
I understand that you can program failsafe options in the VESC tool, but redundancy is important.
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I specifically used the word “most”
Okay, so you cannot name a single esk8 remote. Gotcha.
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Yeah because I didn’t say the word “all”
tiny nitpick, but i believe every remote we currently use does frequency hopping. at least I can’t name one that i know doesn’t.
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That’s good to know. I’ve asked a few times and never got a clear answer on this.
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