She is going to be torquey!! I love what you’re doing; very impressive!
Can you imagine that thing on a skateboard? One heck of a ride!
it would be cool to see its performance compared to the OW XR hubs. Not sure the diameter of this one.
Lots of progress looking good for the big tests upcoming!
That looks great! But serious question for those not wanting to put holes in their board; have you or will you be looking at possibly a bolt on / clamp on mounting system that could make use of the rear binding inserts and maybe also clamp to the end of the tail without interfering with the sliding base of the board? Still keep the arms, motor, paddles setup, but add a removable mounting plate to bolt it to instead of through the deck?
Kinda like a mounting plate like this, but much less shitty?
The first systems were clamp on.
Too much torque, the thing would will rip off and eat you.
A plate would work but you would lose board flex and ride.
This system was intentionally designed to transfer board flex into the motor to steer it.
We have a few dope brands we are collaborating with for boards. Expect boards made with traverse mounting.
This thing will be an urban beast too, I plan on 2 boards. A skate banana I got for $100 to trash in town and this cask for pow. The cast is a dope short fat shape and they are under $300 new on eBay.
Once you’ve ridden a board its kinda hard to drill it out. Its much easier to buy some fresh wood you have no emotion with and drill away.
Are you drawing wieners on my board?
Well, it’s just one weiner, and it happened organically. 
Plus, an older boy @glyphiks made me do it. 
Thanks for taking the time to explain. I figured you guys probably looked at all kinds of mounting options. On one hand, the thought of drilling through a nice expensive deck seems painful, but in reality, you’re probably right that whoever buys one of these will also have money for a dedicated powered deck to go with it, or just buy a cheap second board to stick it on.
Other serious question. Do you think the board/core materials could present an issue where the arms get bolted on? I’m just thinking about my (now pretty old) boards like my Burton Custom and T6, and I’d be worried about issues drilling through the aluminum honeycomb on the T6, if I could even bring myself to do it at all. 
Maybe it won’t be an issue, I dunno.
Seriously LOVE this project though. 
Probably my favorite thing on the internet right now. Can’t wait to see this ready and available for sale.
Have you checked “Powered snowboard by Markushuo” on youtube? Working now on electric version.
looking at your test videos, have you thought of a way to implement throttle control/ throttle ramping?
With such a powerful motor, and such a low coefficient of friction, that’s going to do jerky ‘burnouts’ from a dead stop.
That’s gas powered, which means it’s total garbage.
Electric4life
Oh my lord.
The t6. They must be from 03/04? Remarkable core construction at the time. Height of Terje’s fame.
Added two more videos on Youtube: markushuo. I will read this whole thread throu on better time… Extremely interesting
Scrapped 10 years ago, now working on the electric version…
Exactly, has been resting on scrapyard for 10 years. Electric version with same principle under construction now with 7000w motor…
The T6 was an '06/'07, I believe. And yes it was an amazing board; aluminum honeycomb core /helicopter blade tech, and yes Terje was and will always be my favorite snowboard legend. Good times.
Never saw that one, probably the best one we’ve seen.
As soon as you realize you have traction, then you realize it rides like shit.
This is how the idea of a simple paddle wheel came to be.