LoveChild - HyperTrucks | Kaly XL 5.0 Deck | 2x 6389 190kv | 2x 100S Stormcore | 12S9P DieBieMS | FreeSK8 Remote

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Nah that’s what I needed to hear. I had the same feeling just wasn’t too sure. I don’t like the feeling either of being that far from the ground.

Appreciate the insight, makes a ton of sense.

EDit: oh yea I know I talked to Audrius from 3ds and he would do that part lol. (Mounting gear drives)

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Hah! That’s probably the highest I’ve seen logged yet. Thanks for sharing.

And you called it- uphill + short distance run will skew numbers. Unless you’re going uphill for an entire run you’ll likely not hold anywhere close to that.

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Yes very true. Tommo if the weather permits I will do a 10 mile run, including this hill, will see what happens :smile:

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Which enclosure are you going to use to hold that battery?

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My own!

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:thinking:
topmount isn’t your style, is it?

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I like to keep my dancefloor roomy

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Interesting looking forward to your build thread.

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You just don’t know how to ride them.
HA! GOTCHU! :rofl: :kissing_heart:

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How high is too high? Asking as an actual question :grin:

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It’s a pretty subjective & personal-preference type of thing. I’m also not sure there’s a metric for it, so I can only go by what I’ve personally experienced building out a variety of boards.

This is what I know to be true for my personal preference for skate decks:

  • Lots of risers = no Bueno. The moment I’m up to 1/2" riser I feel like I should re-assess the builld.
  • Drop-through preferred over top mount.
  • 6inch+ AT wheels + top mount + no-drop deck = way too high for me. It greatly reduces my ability to carve stably at higher speeds vs a lower COG MTB deck.
  • Truck width/overall proportions matter a lot.
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Thanks man! Just wondering because my board-in-the-builds has two options for either Semi high up or super dropped :grin:

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I don’t know many people aside from @tipsy that are like: Awww yiss gimme that weeble wobble high COG.

So I’d probably say go as low as you can. :wink:

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Alright, time to get drilla huge hole

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Remember the time a buncha lightweights showed up and said some words about numbers?

gcsnc

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Noob question:

For riding around urban environments 25-35 mph what is the advantage of channel trucks/mtb over rkp trucks/traditional drop deck?

Not having ridden a mtb I don’t have a sense of how they ‘feel’.

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@DerelictRobot I just got my kaly deck and hypertrucks! Any tips for drilling out the deck to fit the hypertrucks?

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@Soflo I have a nylon printed jig that I use in conjunction with a Transfer Punch Set to mark the standard hole pattern on top. From there- a really tough drill bit and a steady hand? I always pilot drill those and step them up- those decks are tough as nails so not particularly easy to drill through. Inserts are fun too.

@SeanHacker is about to do the same surgery

The purple looks great!

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Is there any chance I could borrow your jig? I’ll pay shipping both ways.

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