I was originally going to use a bigger battery and a hard enclosure, but decided to go with a rear top mounted smaller battery for portability and ease of the build. I got the idea from @TheDude’s budget build thread and like how simple it was.
Managed to test it for a little bit the 1 day it stopped raining and got a max speed of 36km/h. Not sure if its suppose to go faster, but seems to check out for a single belt drive.
This was my first time building non-prebuild/deckswap and it was really fun!
Thanks for reading
I like this build a lot! Cheap parts, but beautiful execution and attention to detail! Definitely the cheapest way to get an esk8 if what you’re after really is just having a push board you don’t have to push
Keep us updated on which parts break / need maintenance first!
Dickyho sells a kit with the trucks, wheels, bearings, pulleys, motor mount and belt. You just need to slot in a motor onto the mount. Thinking of using it but upgrading to better wheels (blue cagumas).
I don’t have metr or any way of measuring max amps. But for a single belt build, it seems to have enough oomph. If you put two of these in a build, you’d get 40a discharge which is plenty for budget builds. And two of these only cost $160
Small update:
I changed the wheels to 90mm because I needed the original 97mm wheels for another DD build. And I ended up getting a HIGHER top speed at 36km/h!
I think its because a single speed with a 15:36 gearing didnt have enough power to get the full speed of 47km/h. So it was inefficient.
Right now the no load top speed is 43km/h, and loaded is 36km/h which check out with the calculator. Changing to 90mm made it more efficient, and also has better acceleration.
I took it out for a range test with the new wheels and got 20km out of the battery which is awesome! And the number checks out with my other build with the same battery.
Since its easy to just unzip the pencil case enclosure and unplug the battery manually, there’s no need to. The charge jack is also inside the case and requires un-zipping to get it out. (Or you can dangle it out the entire time, but not recommended)
The battery is 20a max discharge (20x42v = 840w at max charge)
It’s plenty for a single drive budget build and didn’t find it lacking at all. The fesc 4.12 can also only handle ~20-25a max continuous discharge. So all the specs match up pretty nice.
If you want better performance, you’d need to upgrade to dual drive, better (dual) vesc, better battery which increases the cost by 40%
