potato ‘n’ whatever
My second build. Despite my first build covers most of my needs, I’m building second board. I wanted to ride a board similar to what most people ride. Also got good deals on parts. I decided to make a post since I have almost everything ready for the build except few parts. However building will take me few weeks since semester started and I’m busy.
Parts list
Deck: Jet Potato 33
Trucks: Caliber II 44
Wheels: Eskating 97mm 73a
Battery: 10s4p 30q
ESCs: 2x Flipsky FSESC 4.12
Motors: 2x Flipsky 6354 190KV
Enclosure: Eskating ABS 420mm
Motor mounts: Boardnamics
Remote: Firefly Nano
Parts details
Deck
Originally I wanted to build Jet Spud after @Agressivstreetlamp offered me his deck. Unfortunately that didn’t workout. Thanks anyway. I fell in love with this deck, but it’s hard to get. I managed to get hands on similar deck, Jet Potato 33 in metalic blue color. Length of the deck is just right, so it might be even better for me than Spud.
It has small kicktail, that I’m not sure if will be good for kick turns, but will definitely help with picking up and putting board down on the road.
It has concave, little rocker and cutouts for wheels. Still getting heavy wheel-bite, more on that later.
Length is 83cm.
Width is 24cm
Maximum wheelbase is 63cm.
Trucks
Nothing special here, I will use popular Caliber II 44 in satin green color.
Wheels
Originally wanted to get ABEC11 Flywheels 107mm, but they are crazy expensive and I was afraid of chunking. Then I stumbled on Eskating 97mm Pro wheels with duro claiming to have 73a duro. These have good price. Nice compromise between original and chinese clone ABECs. I don’t have wheels to compare duro to, but they are tiny bit softer than my chinese wheels on other board.
Battery
10S4P Samsung 30Q cells. Got it from @blubbking. Thanks bro.
ESCs
Old, popular, dirty cheap VESC 4.12.
Motors
Again, not much to say here. These seem to be popular, they fit on Calibers in dual configuration. Flipsky is making them very affordable.
Enclosure
Originally I planned to use 3D printed enclosure, but my current 3d printed enclosure failed on me, so I looked for premade one. I got it from eskating. Their prices are fair. It comes even with waterproof gasket already glued on. I went with 38x165x420mm version. It’s made of 3mm ABS. It has some imperfections to it, but it’s not a problem. And it fits my deck. Very tight fit, but it fits. It goes over wheel cutouts, but thanks to the gasket, it shouldn’t be a problem. It doesn’t have predrilled holes, but I think that you can pay extra for that if you want. Logo on the enclosure is just a sticker that can be easily peeled off if you want clean look.
Motor mounts
These are mounts designed and sold by @Boardnamics, I got them second hand from @Halbj613. Thanks to booth of you guys. @Boardnamics is comming up with lot of cool new shit, I might order some upgrades 
. Anyway, I love these mounts. Thick material, comes with all the screws, good price. Even has a option for 3D printed cover, which I will probably get.
Also it is possible to add crossbar. I bought variable ones from @dickyho. Thanks bro. Probably not needed, but it won’t hurt to have it there. It will make it stiffer and help me to square up stuff.
Remote
I already build Firefly, now it’s time to try out Firefly Nano.
Misc
Wheel pulleys
40T 3D printed pulleys designed by @JuniorPotato93. Printed from PETG, 80% infill. Originally wanted to use 12mm version, but it is actually 14mm thick and doesn’t fit on my trucks. I will have to go with 9mm version, that is 11mm thick.
Motor pulleys
16T
Grip
Standard griptape. This time I didn’t go for the cheapest one. It looks solid.
Deck protectors
I got these thingies to protect your deck from wearing out on front and rear. Mostly rear, when I lift it. IDK if these are good or just waste of money. Does anybody use them?
Problems to solve
Here are some stuff that I need to search on the forum for. It’s more like TODO list for myself.
How to drill holes and mount the enclosure?
I have no clue here. I only have hand drill, so not sure how precise I will be able to drill it. I was drilling truck holes on my other deck before and they turned out to be usable, but not precisely drilled. I got some M4 wood inserts, 20mm M4 screws and washers. Will 10pcs M4 screws be enough?
How to route motor cables into enclosure?
I got these waterproof PG16 glands. It seem to be right size for all motor wires. Hope that they will be useful.
Fuses?
Read here something about using fuses. I think that 12V 30A should be just right, but need to do more research on that. Are standard car fuses ok for esk8s?
Wheel bite?
I test fitted the board with 8mm spacers, but I’m encountering huge wheel bite. I tried to puck the board a bit, but I get wheel bite often. MOAR RISERS!
