i know, its almost like i have spent a long time evaluating every possible option for how to source enclosures.
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I recommend fiberglass over that, but to each their own. Kydex is much better than ABS, but it has toxic fumes and it’s a severe pain to work with. Carbon fiber has radio issues. Fiberglass is just right.
Is that a 3d print? mind sharing the STL?
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Here ya go! There is a port for an external metr antenna on the side too. The heatsink is just a .5mm stainless steel plate.
VESC-1.stl (545.6 KB) VESC-2.stl (211.0 KB)
Lid bolts are M5 and go right into the plastic.
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Literally “kick to start”
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Sweet! Thank you!
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At first I thought that was 56.0V and then after I realized it was 5.60V 
I’m sorry for your loss man
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Thanks, to be honest I’m impressed with myself that it take this long to forget the loopkey plugged in
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I never forget to turn my ESC off after I wired a motorcycle tail light into the battery indicator port
Whenever the ESC is on, the tail light has to be on. I learned my lesson after draining my first pack to 2V…
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Will follow your lead somehow, or get something that beeps after a while on
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Do you have a link for the tail light? And/or an equivalent for front white lights?
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This is one reason it is scary to make a giant battery and then run it without a BMS
So easy to ruin it.
This idea I like a lot
Just a voltage alarm built into the pack too seems like a good idea.
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I used this tail light with the brake light wired to be always on for extra brightness.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QNN17J5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and this buck converter for stepping down the 12s to 12v
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0836QF3XT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
combined cost is $14! Totally worth it.
Edit: Unfortunately no white verison but I just used a 7" LED bar and a custom 3D printed and Aluminum mount for the front
I had one of these with two tilt sensors to trigger the turning indicators.
AU $1.14 | 10PCS SW-200D SW200D Ball Switch SW 200D Tilt Angle Sensor Switch Angle Switch
Add one between 12v+ and R+ and one on L+ there is a ball bearing that closes the circuit when it is tilted more than a few degrees. I tilted them 5 degrees each in opposite directions then set them in a small block of silicon worked well until the led came loose mid ride so I cut it off and left it in the dirt.
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Tell me more.
Do you have a build thread for this one? 
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What is this, how much does it weigh, and where’s the handle?
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It only weights a few octets I’m afraid, just testing my new rendering engine 
I could add a handle indeed ^^
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Man that looks incredible! I really thought it wasn’t a render at first 
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Wow, At first I thought it was a render, then I got fooled because I thought surely you wouldn’t render on a background with cigarette butts
You got me
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