Well, well, well, it’s been a while since the last time I released a deck, almost two years. I’m excited about this new offering. Named after an oblong club used by the Samurai to crush the skulls of their enemies, allow me to introduce the Kanabo 38" kicktail!
This is the first design that I have developed for hydraulic pressing. Up to this point I’ve done vacuum bagging. Vac bagging is great, but it doesn’t allow you to make veneer your bitch the way that two, twenty-ton hydraulic presses can. All the nuance that I put into the CAD design shows up in the final pressing. I love it.
In addition to hydraulic pressing my new designs including the Kanabo will incorporate thick fiberglass base-layers. I sourced both 18oz biaxial and 23oz triaxial fiberglass from a snowboard supply company, and I apply it during the press. This gives an incredibly strong bond between the bamboo and glass. It also squeezes out all the extra epoxy resulting in the lightest possible result.
After my decks come out of the press, the top sheet is applied. 4-10 oz woven fiberglass or 19.4oz Carbon-fiber is used for this depending on the needs of the rider.
Let’s talk a little more specifically about this deck. It’s a long, fat kicktail coming in at 38" long and 11.5" wide. I gave it a little w-concavity as an experiment. It seems to have worked out. I like the added arch support that it brings to the design.
My fav part of the deck is the kicktail. It’s luxurious. It’s wide enough for clown-shoed riders like me. It also has plenty of room to bolt on a shelf for an esc box. I think I got the angle just right. It provides plenty of leverage for acceleration.
The deck can be purchased with or without wheel-wells. You can have front wheel-wells without back wheel-wells or the other way around as well. This should help to accommodate all kinds of builds with a wide range of trucks and wheel sizes.
Last but not least, there are four different enclosures. Both of my old, small enclosure will fit this deck. They’re great for small batteries and under-mounted motors. In addition, I made two new enclosures. They’re big and can hold a lot of cells. I made both a single and double-stack for the Kanabo.
Alright, now for a build thread.
Here’s the parts list:
Deck: Tomiboi Kanabo w/ CF topsheet and double-stack enclosure
Trucks: SRB short-rod 3-links
Rear bracket: IDEA flat bracket
Motors: SKP 6384 245 kv
ESC: SKP solo v1 dual
Battery: 15s4p EVE 40 PL made with love by yours truly.
Remote: Z.mote single-trigger
Telemetry: metr
Wheels: Radium 125mm
Pullys: These are from radium as well. I have a few ratios to play with.
This is a track-racer. I’m trying to make something quick and nimble. I still have a lot of work to do on the build, but things are fitting together nicely. There is plenty of clearance at full-lean with the double-stack. The one thing that bothers me is that the only position that would work for the motor-mounts was under the deck. This will work for track-riding but it doesn’t leave much clearance for street riding. I need to check with Moe to see if he has another option. I’d love to be able to run this thing on the street, but I’ll need to rear mount the motors to get more clearance.
More to come soon.
