That’s a good theory, you can really get shocked by that sometimes!
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How do these motors (and maybe motors in general) handle the fine dust kicked up on fire roads? I think that could get past the mesh right, or maybe clog up the mesh? Would it overheat if it were clogged?
In my experience so far its not a problem as it doesn’t seem to build up too much inside. I guess due to the air flow also sucking it out
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I have 200 miles on beta set of these motors here in NYC and they are running fine. I took the motor can off after maybe 75 miles and it was as dusty as any other motor is gonna be. The good thing is the design makes servicing the motor and replacing bearings a very easy procedure. So with that in mind, these motors may last longer than some of the more popular ones on the market under normal use.
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Are you planning on doing a range of motor sizes eventually, or just sticking with the one size? Something a little smaller would be good nice also.
@Tony_Stark do you remember what the winding resistance was for the 205kV variant in vesctool detection?
Would love to but we just haven’t got the order volumes or the capital to justify more variants right now.
I don’t remember sorry. Might have to ask in the thread for the motors if anyone else can check on their setup…
Developing the Radium board #04 is out! Fairly in depth with how we made the moulds, to the point I’ve had to split it again, so update 5 will be like part 3 of making the moulds…
We also have a bunch of new products up on the site so be sure to have a browse before we do some official posts for them 
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This is really awesome stuff! Great write up. It’s obvious you guys went through to true trial-by-fire / firehose learning process as you tried and failed and improved and persevered. So interesting to hear the little details.
I bet the final tooling board molds were really satisfying to handle once CNC machined and sanded and polished. Night and day vs 3D printed molds!
Very keen to see this two layer, hollow CF deck!
Unrelated-
Do all the heatsinks have fins? It looks like a few of the product listings only have a backside photo
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Thanks dude! It was definitely a bigger mission than we had prepared for but we saw it through and I’m really glad we did.
And yes the tooling board molds are infinitely better
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Just the Evolve GT one. The photos are all the front side (exterior of the board). I don’t believe in fins anymore… they’re more expensive to machine and likely don’t add much heat dissipation. Plus I personally think boards look cleaner with a flat heatsink (evolve GT vs GTR enclosure for example)
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New motor mounts in the works
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@Tony_Stark I’d like to place an order but it looks like the oil slick titanium deck bolts are out of stock. Should I wait on those, or will it be a while before they’re in stock again?
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Its going to be a while for those
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Does that baseplate fit tall bushings on both sides?
Yes it does
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The riptide adapters are back
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So it turns out it works at 12a on 110v fine
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