Street: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the eSkate Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new cities; to seek out new pavement and new trails; to boldly go where no skateboard has gone before.
There is no denying it… this build is inspired by the beautiful build by @eBoosted himself. I ran the Haggy Bergmeisters from @haggyboard.timo on my 10S testing deck and wanted a stable platform for high speed - the Subsonic Century was going to be hard to beat. I had 72x 20700B cells laying around for a MTB and decided to focus on this deck instead.
I’ve been long overdue to post… let’s jump right into it!
The proven stability of this deck is what pulled me away from a MTB build. The folks at Subsonic were very helpful over the phone when I called to discuss options… I opted to go with a carbon fiber bottom for durability’s sake and fiberglass on top. The result is a very solid deck that is built for stability over flex and comfort. The Haggy Bergmeisters will take care of the harsh ride.
Need I say anything about this gorgeous enclosure. It arrived the same day as the deck and fit like a glove. Alan’s method of installation works great… just take your time to drill holes carefully and perpendicular to the board surface. I used a ridiculous amount of rubber bands along with some double sided tape prior to drilling holes. Not only did this keep the enclosure in place, it helped to pull it into alignment end to end.
I ran the Haggy Bergmeisters and 190KV motors with Kahua trucks for about a month before moving to the Subsonic Century. The Bergmeisters proved to be very grippy and smooth to ride.
The Subsonic Century 40 enclosure easily fits 48 cells (12s4p). I test fit 60 cells (12s5p) and found that it would work, although wiring and layout would be messy.
33 MPH… no problem. This board is extremely stable and makes my 10S boards feel like I’m flintstoning again. @eBoosted… thank you again for such an excellent enclosure and extremely helpful advice prior to the build!
Until I can CNC something better, I’m using a corner brackets for light mounts. The Meilan X5 tailight is made of such brittle plastic that I’m not sure how long it will last.
The name actually came from the earlier 10S version thanks to the red shredlights. It looked like I was riding backwards with them sticking up like nacelles.
man that is my dream right there! You ever make it to the STNG expo they had going around the usa with the whole mock halls, main deck, allowed you to sit in JLP’s thrown, it was about 8 years ago so cool man, stay bold
Beautiful build! Only thing I would suggest changing in the future would be the anti spark switch. I have used both the normal and push to start one and noticed they drain a bit of battery over a span of weeks depending on your battery size.
Riding hard my first test was 19.5 miles. In theory I should see 30 miles when I take it easy and go on a long cruise. My rides involve lots of wide open throttle though.
I absolutely love this build! I am currently building a very similar build, but with the deck from haggy, a 12s 5p diy battery and the mini version of the dual 6.6.
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The name actually came from the earlier 10S version thanks to the red shredlights. It looked like I was riding backwards with them sticking up like nacelles.
im looking forward to building an Evo with the Kahuas, Bergs and Avio geardrive…