Went on a 17 miler during lunch break today.
It is a perfect fucking day here.
And if felt pretty good.
The things I like:
It is giant.
I have ground clearance (rare for me)
It is powerful… (Going to 6380 170kv was good)
It is really probably faster than I need it to be.
Did well at speed.
The TB 110s were feeling great.
It was a great ride.
I ran into some funny stuff in the middle of the building process, but that is behind me now.
Had the deck sitting on a rag to not get scratches. And the rag some chemical on it that ruined the finish on the tail.
Seriously pissed me off.
So now I have to stain that tail spot on the deck.
… Crappy sharpie job for now.
Didn’t have bolts long enough for the front trucks with the risers…
found some. Then didn’t have matching bolts short enough for the back… had to cut some
Motherfucker…
Had the motors hitting the adjustable baseplate on my first ride.
Had to shave it off.
And then do it all again because I didn’t grind enough…
Here is a crappy video trying to capture the noise of the M1 drives.
I think I the helical sound a bit cleaner. But maybe it has to do with me knowing what to expect this time …
Wow, those helical drives really sing in the high RPMs. Have you been officially converted to GDs.now? I’m also curious to know if the GDs translate to lower routine maintenance, compared to the rest of your fleet.
Part of my had dreamed about falling in love with these and getting the BN AT gears for the Flux.
As of today that is not happening.
The Flux on the belts with idlers are running perfectly.
May it happen down the line?
Maybe.
I think I would need to convince myself there is a significant improvement in efficiency with the gears.
It actually makes me kind of nervous not being able to see what is happening in the box… With the belts and chains it is right there…
I really can’t say I have had extra maintenance or issues driven by belts. I feel pretty lucky in that area.
Plenty of other shit randomly breaking. But no belt issues…
But really.
All in all, I think today was my real first proper ride on gears and the board and drive train felt great!!!
Hey dude.
I have 2 set ups with the IdeaTB mounts on Matrix II trucks.
They have been really solid and I really like them.
If I end up getting the Air trucks IdeaTB is most likely the route I would take(i guess there are no options yet…)
I have only actually ran them using belts. I have not used the chains with them yet. I will on the Haero, but I need to finish it up.
I see one possible issue in that the motor mount adjustability is not super far, meaning, you can only move the motors back and forth a little bit to adjust tension. Since they are meant to run with idlers.
So that short travel, may prove to be a challenge in getting a chain that is just the right length
may need to use half links and such. and then revisit once the chain stretches…
