Woohoo, here we go again. Long story short:
- Became a dad, lots to do.
- Sold eskate to friend.
- Stuff got better, eskate bug bit again
- Decided to take it slow, build dream mountainboard
- Inevitably got derailed (see this!)
Parts
Deck
Busted out the good ol’ modular mold. Decided to go with 7 layers of maple and for the first time, fiberglass on top and bottom. Not perfect, but not too shabby!
Went with my signature slightly asymmetrical shape again
Blue stain all around except for the borders, where I used black to make the wood grain pop:
Trucks
Shout out @IDEA, these look AMAZING. Extremely responsive seller too, overall 10/10 buying experience. I’m just so sorry they’ve been sitting for so long:
Wheels
Love these things: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005004421651908.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.244.4d12194dNRPymT&gatewayAdapt=glo2esp
But definitely used to be cheaper when I bought them almost a year ago.
Modors
And ofc shoutout to @Skyart too, also an amazing vendor to deal with!
Even if using 12S I went with 138kv because this is a HARDCORE mountainboard. I enjoy torque way more than I do speed, my old mountainboard had that kv and I absolutely loved how it would climb whatever I threw at it (until my old focboxes just couldn’t take it anymore)
ESC
I’ve built a few boards with MakerX ESCs for friends and had a great experience, so went with the DV6S (no HV shenanigans here)
Assembly
I strongly recommend getting cheap skilled labor to build your batteries (my GF is the best):
TBH not much to say about this battery, except for maybe the 3D printed holders. Standard 12S5P brick layout, 30mm 0.2 nickel strips, 6 welds per cell, LLT BMS with bypassed discharge path.
It’s slowly starting to look like a board, stay tuned…
