I’m on here pretty often it just always logs me out and I forget my password 
Is this a “don’t tell the wife” thing? 
Fortunately my wife supports my hobby lol
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Thats the plan! But going to be a couple months before I attempt any serious times. Not only do I need to establish confidence of board reliability, I’ve got to learn how to handle that much power! My last board (“DIY” Kaly) peaks at 6~8kW, which is a lot less then this beast can do.
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I’m right there with you. My new board is 2wd, but it can push over 13kW. Definitely going to take some getting used to. Maybe we will be ready to drag race each other at carve 2024. 
Holy shit tucker this is nuts 
You should bring this thing to carve next year
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Awesome work on this Tucker. This thing is mental
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Probably a dumb question, but can your battery system support that type of output? I would be curious to know more about your lipo specs.
Ya I haven’t heard of SMC before, but I don’t know much about lipo brands nowadays besides HRB and Tattu
SMC, has been around for awhile in the RC Car world. Reliable and decent cost.
Team Orion has some pretty powerful lipos. I use them in my RC Truck XMAXX. Good discharge rate.
Turnigy is well known in the RC world. Reliable and cost isn’t bad.
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Love myself some turnigy lipos. Kept mine at 4.1v for nearly a year and they barely puffed.
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I mean if you’re quick enough it prob gonna work.
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For sure- I’m going to bring this beast to carve next year. No street riding for me, but it’ll be fun racing on track with y’all
If he’s willing, I’d love to see what insanity @poastoast could get up to.
When picking out these batteries, I made a huge matrix of 100+ different options, from all kinds of different companies, comparing stats like capacity, max power output, cost, cell count, company trustworthiness, etc. before I landed on these batteries.
They’re rated for 150C Continuous, 250C burst. At 150C, that’s a power output of;
(150c)(9.5Ah)(2p) = 2850A
(2850A)(3.8v)(12s) = 129.960kW. Kinda stupid and almost definitely wrong.
There’s the age-old debate if these c ratings mean anything. There’s this neat video on their youtube channel with real graphs comparing their batteries to others. (If it’s accurate) they make some good packs.
The rest of the channel has a bunch of other battery testing and debunking videos. If they’re selling snake oil, at least they can back it up with data to show it’s better snake oil
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i could give it my best! 
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Two nights of testing down, only really started to push it tonight. It feels like this board is going to be revolutionary once it’s dialed in.
Probably important to note that my point of reference for racing around a track is my custom Kaly. After racing on channel trucks and a flexy deck, any three-link board feels revolutionary
I didn’t expect to win any awards for efficiency, but I was shocked just how BAD it turned out to be. At track today, I drained the entire battery. Average efficiency: 98 Wh/mile 
Photos Credit: @MarioChacon
Left: @HAIRYMANJACK
Right: Reggie T
Photo Credit: Lyfe of Jimmy@Lyfe_Of_Jimmy
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Lol thats wild… and its probanly only gonna go up
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Waiting to see what you can do on this monster! I want drag times, T-race and I2S Chicago track please 
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Pure insanity this thing, Acceleration must be wild!
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Yehhh 
Sad I had to miss last night but I had important stuff to deal with.
That efficiency is insane my record on 2wd is 46wh/mi over 10 miles
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