Custom enclosure Reacher 6485 173 KV motors Boardnamics Motor Mounts Tomiboi hubba hubs Newbee 200x70 Tires VX4 Remote
-3dsevistas thumbwheel and cover upgrade
TPU side handle
TPU/CF bull bar
16T/72T Belt Drive
21 MM motor pulley
-21 MM wheel pulley soon
-20 mm belts on the way
Belt Covers for winter riding.
General Build Pics
experimenting with backpack rain cover to strap over battery for snowy or wet conditions, if you have a better solution for a battery cover let me know. I might just have to custom make one for the size of my battery.
Bull Bar
designed in fusion
goal was to print something as low profile as possible so that it wouldn’t increase the footprint of the board
printed arms in 95A tpu, they are rigid, but would flex on impact
use to drag board around as well as mount lights
currently just using (2) Olight RN1500 lights for 3000 lumens total
Carbon fiber tube - I had an old paddleboard paddle that had cracked. I took a clean section of the CF tube and cut it to length and installed
Side Handle
Quick model that I made in fusion taking measurements from my hand
printed in TPU so it is comfortable, flexible and indestructible
located at the “center of gravity” on the board. when lifted the board hangs perfectly level
latest version has a couple additional fasteners on the bottom (not shown here)
Vesc Enclosure
designed in fusion 360 for makerx dvs6
2mm carbon fiber top and bottom plate
PET-CF printed body
weipu sa8 6 pin connector for motor sensors
TPU grommet for phase wires
TPU gasket for top and bottom lid
12mm blue button, needed smaller size than stock one provided with vesc, blue to match board
Silicone sealed everything in place except top lid to increase water resistance
Battery Build
12s6P Molicel P42a
LTT smart BMS
designed in fusion 360
printed cell holder in PA6-CF and body PET CF
top and bottom plate 2mm carbon fiber hand cut and drilled
weipu SA12 charge port - charge at 12A
Internal xt90 shielded by tpu gasket
8GA battery wire runs to vesc
(3) M6 studs through bolted to deck
TPU vibration damper allows deck to flex without straining the battery. absorbs road vibrations also
Long story short, built my dream board 15s5p…once I was done, I realized I still couldn’t get the range that I wanted so it disassembled the pack within.a couple months and built a 14s8p molicel P45b pack for it.
These p42a cells I re-used for the current 12s6p build you see here.
Cells were originally bought new, used for a couple months then re-claimed. My 15s5p pack was build using (3) layers of .3 nickel and was a bitch to tear off.
So what you are seeing is a deformation from the nickel being removed. Not ideal, but all the cells tested great so I went with it
I’m not normally a big fan of taller off-road oriented builds but it looks awesome and its a very clean build. Honey badger suits it it’s really chunky and stocky.
Stocky is a great way to put it. I was pumped to receive the honey badger deck waiting for it to ship.
Then once I got it, it was a bit shorter than I had imagined and was a little bit disappointed.
I had mbs 9" tires on it for a bit which was fun, and they cleared the deck, but sometimes I would get footbite.
The 9" tires were huge too and just contribute to an overall big board.
These tires are called a 200 mm, but actually measure 183mm. I think the suite the deck much better.
No I am really loving the size of the deck. Although it’s no a small board, the footprint of its is really pretty reasonably sized.
My goal was to make it the sleekest chunky board that I could hahah. I put a lot of emphasis on making the battery compartment as small as I could. Also I wanted to make sure that the bull bar and handle were contained within the board footprint. Making sure not to add any thing to the overall length or width.
My other board is a Tomiboi deathwish. 45" deck with 8" tires that thing is a monster. Fun for long distance and high speed riding. Not so fun to throw in the trunk or carry down to the basement.
I am going to create a build thread for that one sometime soon as well. Just need to wrap a couple things up
I did the mod on the vx4 thumb wheel and it’s amazing - totally worth the premium imho. but at the time this case wasn’t up or i didn’t see it. Might ping @3DServisas to see if the stl is available for personal use. I kinda want to print one from some of the petg-cf ive got dialed.
Damn you nailed “the sleekest chunky board” it’s awesome.
Any chance you could mount the motors in or up if you want it as compact as possible? Mine are currently straight up above the baseplate.
Interesting did you have foot bite as in your shoe toe side on the front against the wheel? Would a footstop or thin little bit sticking up at the edge help?
The Deathwish is a dream deck especially for fast and far. I think I could make a slightly oversized enclosure and fit 12Lx12W 21700s and VESC on top.
Just a little too expensive so instead I got a longboard deck and machined a bit of an extension and my own 30/20 drop brackets and it’s cheaper (no hate Tomiboi is awesome I’m a cheap skate)
Oh also any chance you know the story with tbd 42” and 45” variants?
Not sure about the different variants… But funny story is that I bought the liquored sword for my dream build. Wanted compact, high speed, long-range.
Previously I only knew a 12s3p backfire Hammer.
So I built the liquid sword up with p42a 15s5p and Newbee triple links. But the problem is, that by the time I finished the build I was cruising around at 25-35 mph everywhere. So my range wasn’t what I thought. Was hoping to get 30+ miles easy. But was really struggling to get past 25. Maybe 27 if I milked it.
Also with the speed and torque I felt the 38" drop deck was a tiny bit short for me (6’2") and like a pretty wide stance.
So I bit the bullet and ordered the deathtoll and put a 14s8p p45b pack in it. Now I can get about 45 miles of range.
Funny thing is, I feel like 45" is a hair longer than I would want. Super happy with it though. I think 42-43 would be my sweet spot. The tough thing is your really don’t know how to dial in these specs untill you spend a good amount of time riding.
Also kicking myself a little bit. I kinda wish I went 18s or 20s.
But I’m just nitpicking at this point. I really love how it came out.
Couple shots of the old liquid sword and deathwish. Working on the deathwish right now though so I can get a proper build thread.
The Deathtoll was originally 43” but Thom lengthened it to 45” to give extra clearance room to avoid wheelbite when running trucks like 3 links or Duality’s with lots of turn.
How’s ground clearance on Tomiboi’s double stack enclosure and something like 7" tires? I ride on one of Tomiboi’s MTB decks with double stack enclosure on 7"s tires and 1/4" risers, still got exactly 5 cm ground clearance and frequent scrapes. Thinking of going up to 8" tires.
(no hate Tomiboi is awesome I’m a cheap skate)
I want to 3d printed a version.
