The Carver... My final frontier

Black hubs is what is for dinner.

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Getting the grip tape off sucked…

Getting the gasket off the bottom (kinda) really sucked…

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So I’m pondering covering the top and bottom of the board with vinyl.

I’m not 100% there. But most likely will…

I have not tried that stuff before.

Got the Vvivid plus stuff…

Just slapped some on to see and I don’t love it… But I also don’t hate it…

To me it is kinda neat how it shows all the imperfections…
But i may do some real light Sanding on top.

@Brently
You have used this stuff right…
Did it make you happy?

It’s kinda silly to try to pretty up this board since I’m going to take it on the dirt…

The Tow Truck is looking at me from 5 feet away begging for a cleaning…

But whatever. It is part of the fun right…

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Yep and it was clean on the flux I think idk I cleaned the hell out of the top before applying it. def got some little imperfections highlighted by the red vinyl I applied. the faux carbon didn’t show them as bad.

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A rainy day is a good tinkering day.

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Big huge difference between these tires…

Messing with me a bit…

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First good preview.

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What’s the thought process behind two different tires?

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Oh.

I have not done it before. So my first time trying the 8 and 9 combo.

I really like 9s for the grip.
I hear the mudpluggers are even better than the MBS ones.

But some folks will keep 8s in the front to keep it lighter.

Might be more nimble steering with the 8s as well.

So.
I want this board to be lighter… But could not see myself giving up the grip…

So trying the combo.

I have seen this 8/9 combo on a bunch of the Trampa videos.

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Tow truck is 45.8 lbs… 20.77 kg

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And for the first time in its illustrious career my Haero meets bindings.

Justin… Seriously all the hugs and kisses.
XXOO @Venom121212

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No problem man. You’re a good dude and you deserve it!

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Ok.
Little bits.

Tearing down the old sleigh.

Motors go on the shelf.

Unity stays on the Bro.

Battery is, hopefully, going on the Llama.

I’m pretty proud of myself.
After all the miles I put on the Bro the inside was perfectly clean.

On the challenge side…
I obviously never meant for this battery to come out of the Enclosure…

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Drilled the board…

This is always one of the most enerving steps for me.

Using regular skate bolts.

Going through these barrel nut things.

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In comes the Bat Bro.

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Looks awesome! What did you use to wrap it?

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This Vvivid stuff.

It is far from perfect up close.

But I can live with it…

I’m happy with the overall look.

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Slapped some stuff on.

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after almost a couple of months slacking and working on other distractions I took a couple of steps on the Haero.

cut the shafts on the motors… yey.

and cut the enclosure to fit the heat sink on there.

next up I need to extend the motor wires…

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This is exactly what I wanting to do with mine but was worried it would weaken the box too much. Does it feel solid still while bolted in?

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