No, he would be much better off with a boardnamics geardrive or an open setup like Moe runs on his race boards.
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You just lazy 
but serious though those will cost him a penny compared to the other parts.
Plus âopen geardriveâ is just two gears on a mount, nothing special or âbetterâ than what we would make.
Diy Chains or âopen geardriveâ would be the best option for his race choices.
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Shit just got real folks, a friend of mine offered to gift me the 1700kv racestar I mentioned above, so I guess I will try to slap it on a board either way 
Still not clear on how I will solve mounts and gearing though, but one step at the time⌠
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I was planning something like the open gears moe uses (think its pretty much the only way to solve the gearing) thinking that 9\86 might work but canât wrap my head around the numbers 
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Unfortunately not :\ played a little with google sketchup but thatâs as far as my skills of modeling goes
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oh you can just hacksaw and drill your own out of some steel I guess.
Any idea where to source the gears?
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Problem with the calc is that it wonât let me use 5s but been playing with it a lot and a 9\86 should bring me to around 40kmh and allow me to tune using different motor pinions, at least I think it wouldâŚ
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Pinion should be easy but spur is less straight forward Iâve found 
lol I did and it didnt work,but fuck me it does now my bad sry!
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Some of this might be relevant.
For example: this run was on 32p (mod.8). 9/72 open gear drive on 5mm motor shafts.
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Found this but long shipping time and only 72t
https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Racing-Traxxas-Tmaxx-STMX3272T/dp/B01EILXAH6
@MoeStooge do you think its doable with a 1700kv single 9/72 gearing or would i need a bigger spur?
I want to get into competitive skydiving! But my budget is only $500!
You see the problem here?
Esk8 is not a cheap sport. Especially if you want to get into top end race boards.
The cheapest solution would be to have everyone buy meepo v3 boards and put cones around a parking lot. Lots of fun. Low budget. Since everything is âstockâ there is no âpay to winâ
Any board thats more âseriousâ would blow your budget by 3-4x.
Or get a $500 analog board and race downhill as others have suggested. But that takes more skill to learn to slide corners and etc
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Not really⌠if youâd post that question on a skydiving forum I bet youâd get some sound advice and maybe it would be some dudes who sew their own that would give you an old one for cheap and lend you a suit for a dive etc.
Isnât that the point of forums?
I dont have anyone to skate with, was just curious of where ppl would start, took this advice and went looking for parkinglots today, think i have a nice spot, dont have any cones or anything but figured id find some sticks and stones or smthâŚ
I have a board, nothing fancy at all, a pintail with a 380kv, 120a esc 5s (soon to be 6 if my fakking battery ever arrived) 16/48 gearing on 75mm Orangatang Durian 86a(!), starting there but wanted the question to be more general and fun so put a budget and some suggestions 
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I mean hey, if you can race around sticks and stones, when you pick up a set of cones, youâll be ready for them
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If someone has suggestions on track design please chime in!
Im thinking start with a eight then a straight then another eight back the straight and that makes a lap, haha hope that makes sense 
You could look up some gokart track designs too, since theyâre on the same scale mostly
Actually some of them are probabably even a bit small
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some nice tight corners
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