Sk8s are good motors as are torqueboards I would honestly go sk3 with a custom mesh screen over both though can’t beat price to performance on them
Yes that’s exactly what I think
I have used the sk8 149kv for a couple hundred miles now and like them. Smooth with sensors but I broke the tiny wires so sensorless for me.
Both my cans do move back and forth a milimeter or so if I pull or push them. Potentialy a problem in the future?
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Why do you think sk8 are ass? What is your experience with them?
Not Sk3, but my motors are also Hobbyking - running dual propdrive 5050’s and I must say they are quite nice. At 500KV they struggled a bit from full stop but they’re powerful as hell once you’re rolling.
Plus, I recently modded them to a lower KV so they should be even juicier once I get them running again.
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LOL you should try the 6374’s if you think 5050’s are powerful!
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See, I’d love to, but my board was already literally bucking me off if I wasn’t careful enough with the throttle… I let a few guys try it at a group ride a while back and we all had a few laughs over who could stay on the longest! 
Plus my cans are almost touching each other, don’t think 74’s would fit lol
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They break lol
What esc’s were you using on them?
drone esc’s?
I used to use generic hobby esc’s but they didn’t have throttle-controlled brakes so I’m switching to a Unity.
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make sure whatever kv you re-wound them to will be under the erpm limit on the unity!
They’re lower KV now, shouldn’t be getting anything above 50k ERPM
Did you have first hand experience? I have heard otherwise. I’m looking at getting a pair because I can’t find any other motors with 8mm shaft and 130-150kv
I watched someone go through 4 motors in our group, if something in esk8 Is cheap, there’s a reason why
I suppose. @Dareno seems to think they are pretty reliable. I just need a 150kv motor sensored with a 8mm shaft. The sk8 fits that bill.
He likes sk3s, idk about the 8s. Yeah u do u man
Ya I was talking about sensoring the sk3 but he chimed in and said the sk8 was the same thing but with sensors.
The big blue one? Definitely not the same thing
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Nvm ya I misspoke.
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