I was speaking to a french dude last night who was talking about a builder in France who is building an mtb on hydraulics… makes the hinged idea a lot more appealing 
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make it simple… make it work… and I like it… I don’t want a go-kart one stands on like fukking baja board…
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Yeah but hydraulics… pimp factor.
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Until there’s a glitch and the hydraulics throws you off at speed. KISS because things go wrong.
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hydraulics, smydraulics… i’m actually trying to conceptualize and old skool kick-tail deck, and kyte-board MBS12s on a 12s2p 20700 lyteweight kite-jump-board… simple is best on a skate board…
ya wanna ride a go-kart the technology already exists… even @DEEIF posted about an air-shock possibility on this thread,
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I can’t tell if I should be happy or disappointed that their is an “Even @DEEIF” lol…
The Hydraulic I was talking about would help make it less stressful I think because the metal is not bent weirdly but I may be wrong…
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too complex…too big…too cumbersome…too expensive…just too too… come at me in a year or two kiddo,
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Expensive I think not… Well compared to the $130 that was said earlier… Laser cut the steel is not crazy expensive ($40 for all the steel cut) I’ve heard and the Hydraulic thingy is $70 for a high quality one… Idk I don’t have the knowledge so I’ll let other peoplezzz decide…
Cumbersome and chunky is for sure though 
how much for a PU bushing… like I said come at me in a year or two…
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Why not just make a longer MTB deck just the way you want it?
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No clue… As long as I ain’t dead from trying to ride too fast then I’ll definitely hit you up in a year… Or a week
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I don’t know if you’ll be able to see it unless you are in the FB group but here’s a link to the video
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I’m not saying it’s the answer to this particular thread and it’s certainly not for everyone… but it’s pretty damn cool.
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People are complex beings. Don’t ask why, but why not? I for one would love to see one of these low to the ground on channel trucks.
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Making a deck from scratch is a pretty serious undertaking… chucking some adaptors on a deck of your choosing is going to be a lot more appealing for a lot of people…
That said, i started a new job today and there is enough scrap steel there for me to make a bulletproof press 
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Is that why you’ve been uncharacteristically quiet on the forum today?
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That and the fact that there has been not a lot to grab my attention
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Yeah but the discussion started with a couple of adaptors and now we are talking about a full length underdeck adaptor made of composite materials.
I don’t know man. I like simple solutions and in my mind all these adaptors are doing are adding weight, complexity and more failure points.
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Can’t argue that.
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Options, don’t forget more options. One can design around failure points until the failure rate is acceptable.
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