Yeah i didn’t have good results with it either. I prefer straight sensorless to hfi/vss
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Based in the UK. 30mm only as a 10m package tho
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Don’t you get hella tired of having to do a hip-check or push off to get the motors rolling?
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I do it even with sensors. 20 years of regular skating, habits die hard.
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I mean I still push off too out of habit if I’m not already on the board, but having that fine low speed control is pretty nice regardless. Especially in a city with so much stop and go.
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There’s the problem.
I skate for pleasure, not commute, so i plan my routes to have as minimal stopping as possible.
I fucking hate the city, i’ll do everything in my power to avoid it.
To be honest, my biggest problem with hfi/vss is low speed control. A whole bunch of times it has full locked my brakes at low speed and its fuckin horrible
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That’s a huge problem. I’m running HFI on TB6380s and it has been great. No unexpected braking or anything like that.
I don’t mind the whirrrrrr at low speeds either, but I can see how some wouldn’t like that.
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I also run my motors completely sensorless, because I decided that waterproofing the hall sensors and protecting the cable wasn’t going to be worth it, as I knew that the board was going be drenched in rain and mud at some point, so for reliability sake I decided to just use HFI.
I’ll have to check the silent HFI though, not that the HFI whine at low speeds just to get off the line is a deal breaker.
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Unfortunately my spot welder only goes to 0.15mm thick
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@Linny hey man was wondering if ARC boards is still a thing! I remember the super small geardrives and dkp/rkp truck hybrid you guys were testing. I cant seem to find a website though, only the kickstarter(s) and facebook.
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Im looking at building an MPCNC and was trying to see how capable it is of cutting aluminium so i can make some motor mounts and other custom bits later down the line. Look at what i found! @Boardnamics
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@BillGordon is this a can of worms that is not supposed to be opened? I thought it was a very promising company 
Yup, he got his start on an MPCNC!
I built one, and used his guide for cutting aluminum. Overall it’s pretty good in wood, but slow in aluminum
Check out the PrintNC. It’s in a league way above the MPCNC in terms of speed and tolerances, and can still be built for around $1-2k.
It is a Voron level build project though
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Ooh I’ll definitely look into that, looks like a solid machine
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Heya! Arc’s development is kinda stagnent right now due to the laws of electric vehicles in Singapore. The founders are working on a new venture which delves into electric bicycles however, which is a project I’m hands off on as i don’t have e bike experience
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My board has ghosts. I’m on 5.3 with a 100D+.
Motor detection with ios vesc tool makes my board do scary shit.
Luckily, Freesk8 app runs FOC detection and the board performs as you would expect when I use that instead.
Any ideas what is going on with VESC tool? I’d really like to know if there is a bad value that it is assigning or if this is a bug unique to me?
Phantom throttle and unresponsive throttle:
One wheel decided to stop working:
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Has anyone tried these? I can’t find any pictures of a board with these mounted. Maybe there is a reason for that…
@Trampa got any pics of these phatties mounted on a board?
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Hehe golfa tread, sounds like it was for golf carts