Sharing our ideas is the first step in the right direction i guess, bc we know not that much about each other, to figure out fast, where our possibilities are. So let take this to PM, my friend.
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We just witnessed the birth of CityBlanarian101™️, everyone. Or VanBladeCityBoards™️.
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Much prefer VanBladeCity 
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That works actually for a sick title too 
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Quit trying to be the third wheel. It’s a two-man show.
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All good here mate, I’m a one man show 
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Actually the batteries of the Titan board are handmade in Germany by ourselves. We see or job to offer the community the best experience in ESK8ing at the best possible price point. Swapable batteries would make the experience worse and more expensive, according to our studies.
You can take Mellow for example. Their sells are very bad to non existent. I saw just one time a Mellow in real life and nobody would come to the idea to attend a group ride with a Mellow. Same with Boosted. We had just once a guy with a Boosted on our group rides and he never came backe since he couldn’t keep up. At our group rides the slowest vehicles with the shortest range are Onewheels wit 25km/h-30km/h and 25km-30km of range. That’s the absolute minimum what I could recommend for a group ride to have a great experience and a good time. Maybe it’s stupid to create ESK8s with the focus on group rides. But having the community in mind, this is what we do.
BTW, our 12S4P Interceptor with 60km range weights about 12kg. We could build one with 20km range weighting 10kg, but I really don’t see that point sacrificing 2/3 of range for saving 2kg. Or let’s say we are willing to make the board 2kg heavier to get 200% more range. But that’s just us.
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Umm, each cell will still see the same amount of amps drawn. Each cell gives the same amount of power, to make up the total; configuration doesn’t matter. 10s2p of 42V x 40A is the same as 2s10p with 8.4V x 200A. (Each cell still gives 20A for the 1680W of power)
The real benefit of high voltage ESCs is having less restrictions on your top speed, and being able to use thinner wires to connect your battery to your ESC. Also thinner wires in the series connections of your battery.
And also bigger motors…
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I respect that and look forward to what you’ll bring to us !
I get your point, then again it is all about perspective. Think about it : you can unleash so much more just by being able to swap your battery.
Reasons can be numerous :
- You want to take a flight with your board. That’s a big no unless your pack is <100Wh or even dismountable from your board. Here’s the catch : you could build a 400Wh pack, split it in 4x smaller packs, and you could actually travel fine with your board and your 400Wh packs. As long as it can be taken apart in smaller packs.
- You want to select between powerful pack and long range pack, while not carrying extra weight.
- You actually are going full hardcore, you got the team with a van backing you up for these extra long community ride of +100km. You empty your pack, the van shows up, you swap the pack quickly, boom everyone’s ready to hit the road again even before the sandwich has been terminated.
List goes on, just like the other list is justifiable for people who don’t want to touch their battery pack at all and have just everything packed inside the board period.
As for me, 12kg is a shitload of weight, I won’t accept above 6kg max total. @Mainflow knows (yes I see you writing!)
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cityblanarian101 is so funny hahahahahah
but VanBladeCityBoards is surely the best laugh at all.
Im laughing tears right now hahahahah
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three, bc you are the dr. marketing inspector so get off our lawn Gliphux
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Allow me to disagree somehow.
Thinner wires = higher resistance and potentially higher heat all around, you don’t want that. Running lower amps accross the ESC is not a bad thing temp wise again, and as you pointed out, the top speed rises.
And it depends on the setup. Just saying that for example for the same power level, I get better results all around from a 18S1p of Samsung 30T than a 12s2p from a Samsung 20s. More Wh, less weight, more top speed, less amps (40A instead of 60A). Yes the batteries will still work hard anyway.
I’ll be finished in a moment 
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You mentioned very good points 
For 6kg we can offer you the TeamGee H5 if you like 
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I’m actually not sure if higher voltage and less amps would be better for the ESC; maybe it has more heat losses in converting a higher voltage down to what it needs VS a voltage that’s already close. I don’t know; so I will agree you might have a point there.
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same here
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Actually that’s a good package on paper, if it didn’t lack power and range tho. Also remember I said 12kg is too much for me, I agree some people have no problem at all with it !
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It depends what you expect from a 450€, 6kg ESK8 
You get about 10-12km real world range and 25km/h-30km/h top speed with significant sag.
Price should be lined up with the performance. Spec it up to the max and price it accordingly.
IMO Use branded parts all around for starter, build it like you would for a high speed DH board then build the electronics around that. Trucks, baseplate, bushings, pivot cups, bearings with built in spacers, true wheels, proper deck, list goes on.
& Why not propose the Exway instead of the Teamgee for 800gr more?
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