Hey!, it’s taken forever to finish this, but the world ending and me being forced to close my shop and spend more time at home (ahem) has enabled me to finally get round to making this happen…
It’s called the Super Flexy Idiot board, because I’m 40 and have never been on a skateboard in my life. And im proper flexy. like Bikram flexy, but without all the molesting.
Ok, that last bit isn’t true.
The Bikram part and the molesting part.
It’s built around a super flexy, stupidly bouncy deck, because i wanted it to be fun and carvy (bare in mind, those are both words I’d heard associated with flex decks, i had no clue when i started amassing parts, but as it happens, it is both fun and carvy).
I basically wanted something to get me between the train station & home/work and i like making things. I’m fortunate enough that my journey to the train station is through the park, and the last bit when i get off the train is a 2 minute ride in a straight line - easy peasy.
The parts first, then some more pictures:
Deck: Never Summer Descent(?) flex deck. Painted with truck bed liner and a splash of green. Gripped with a fancy laser cut pattern
Bindings: MBS. I like them. They do what i want them to do
Trucks: Gullwing Sidewinder II 10" with homebrew axle/hanger extenders
Wheels: Trampa, i don’t know which ones, i don’t care.
Tyres: 8" Aliexpress specials. They’re nice, i have nothing to compare them against.
Motor Mounts: I made them. They mount the motors. They have idlers. That is all
Motors: I have no clue, there are 2, and I picked them up off the other forum from @BigBen I think, 190kv? i think.
Pulleys: 16 and 62?? 15mm belts. I machined out and drilled the big pulleys from bog standard stock pulleys and they are mounted with 3d printed spacers. The 16s are just standard pulleys.
Batteries: 12s lipo made from 6x Turnigy 5.0 hardcase, with charge only BMS
ESC: Focbox Unity from Aliexpress.
All stuffed into a Peli case with homebrew velcro strapping to hold it in place
Things that I’ve learnt:
Don’t ever EVER buy anything from Flipsky.
Aliexpress is brilliant
I need a global pandemic to finish a project.
ON WITH THE PICTURES!!!: