This is true. The guys smashing it on their dkps on the race track were not in this boat. I rode their boards too and found them easier than mine in bends. But yeah, TB 4wd DD not exactly setup for racing. I modified it as best as I could. Ran 5° wedge on front to change to 55° overall and went as soft as I could with bushings running a barrel/cone combo. Had my motors hitting the baseplate so was maxing out my turning ability haha. Rear I ran a 5° de-wedge so 45° and a fat cone/barrel combo. Oh and 115mm airless rubber, which is not bad but also not as grippy as pneumatics obviously.
Racing is so much fun! Hope the sport keeps growing!!!
Tried it, not even close in terms of manuverability around those tight continuous corners. They required much more significant braking as well.
Very much agree. I personally prefer DKP because my use cases for boards never exceed 70km/h and up till that I can stay stable on my board. I also use my board to commute a lot so maneuverability at lower speeds is a must for me.
Of course you got your other trucks which makes more sense in other scenarios, but for the race, I think it was clearly the choice that made most sense.
These go-kart track races are more about corners than straights (unless designed differently). Manuverability, leanable angle (involving truck angle as well as traction on tires), matters the most, braking, acceleration and launch speed are next, top speed matters the least. Keeping other variables the same, a more maneuverable board would beat the time of a less maneuverable board every single time.
There were like 5 trampas in the event, had amazing launch speed and torque, but lost to the hurricane at corners. The racers weren’t novices as well, most people in the race had ridden esk8 for 3-6 years. After lockdown ends you are very welcomed to come and compete, I’m curious to see the results.
That’s so true. I really feel bad for DKP because most of its problems that people are experiencing results in bad tuning. With the correct bushing setup, I’m able to have maneuverability, stability at high speed as well as handle-able high torque launches.
I agree, bushing don’t do any of its good work unless they aren’t pre-compressed. They are supposed to bounce back after compression, what good will it do if you tighten the trucks so much that it’s basically compressed almost to its limits?
And I do think DKP should also have loose setups AND definitely right weight distribution plus a pair of chrome ankles
It comes stock with 1500W per motor and it is capable of more than double, or even tripple of that with an aftermarket ESC. It’s hands down the best bang for buck on the ESK8 market.
The wires in that screen cap, presumably from Dkwan’s video, look to be at least 1 or two sizes bigger than those hub motor ones. Also, hub motors always have smaller wires in my experience
Replace the deck? That’s like a $300 component. Just build from scratch at that point
Usually its not worth doing something like that. There are still components which you’re better off sourcing from the DIY scene initially.
ain’t nobody putting a 100a discharge bms in any board
