Hey Everyone, I’ve recently wanting to build a top speed board. I found a crazy deal on a forged carbon flat deck but also want to use the MBS matrix 3 and was curious what the real professionals have to say about that I know you want at least a 35degree up front and slightly less than that in the back but how would a +5 up front and 0 in the back feel. Please let me know if anyone has ever done this with similar bushings. Thanks in advance.
If you want to run channel-style trucks on a flat deck, your best best is probably going to be Tito Systems duality trucks.
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You may be able to turn a 180 in a few hundred feet with that setup, but it won’t work well at all. You can buy big wedges for running mountain board trucks on flat decks, but I wouldn’t want to do that for something intended for high speed unless the deck has massive drops. It may work, but channel trucks seem to work best with the height of the standing platform pretty close to the height of the pivot point of the trucks. I wouldn’t try channel trucks with less than 20 degrees in the front, and you’ll probably want a fair bit more than that.
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Not sure if these fit the matrix 3s.
Took a look at those I unfortunately believe they do not fit.
Honestly, you kinda gotta choose one or the other to have a board that functions more than just straight line travel. Matrix 3 or flat deck. I believe the better choice would be a flat deck with either Duality trucks or 3-link.
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You need angles for matrix III dude.
If you have to use the flat deck brackets may be in your future…