Ah yes, something was rubbing me wrong about the way it was tilted, and this is it.
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I too would much prefer it to push forward, and those spikes kind of scare me.
Personally I actually really like the trigger size on the VX3 I think they’re perfect. Main problem with that remote was the rest of the whole thing was so damn bulky.
Pull down thumb trigger would trip my brain out.
Regardless, thank you @thunkar for the BOM+files you are a god among men!
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I too stand with the trigger crowds opinion on how thumbs move
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I’ll try to get creative about it, but no promises. At any rate I think there’s a lot of room for improvement on the shape of the triggers even if the push direction doesn’t change…
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Will there be a lanyard hole/loop in the final version?
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Definitely! I’ve dropped mine more than a few times because I forgot I don’t have one…
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It’s my opinion that remote lanyards are in the same safety category as helmets.
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im late to the party, so not sure if this has been discuss already or not
what if the top wheel has full travel in positive and negative direction, then the bottom wheel only has half
so user can choose if they wanna just use the top wheel like vx1, or they wanna use both throttle like vx3 / maytech?
just a thought
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On the one hand, I like the idea and the versatility. On the other…I think it’s not gonna be very good at either task and it’s gonna be a lot more ergonomic to just print the appropriate case.
Ergonomics it’s proving to be the most dificult part of this project (at least for me), but I’m pretty happy with how it’s going and I think I’m very close.
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The Hoyt Puck Design Project had a lot of success open sourcing the critical dimensions for the internal components and letting the community design their own cases. Since this is already an open source project, maybe once you land on finalized hardware for the internal components you could make a simple .step file for community members to build their own cases off of!
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I have actually already modeled every component, so that’s a great idea! Will definitely create a folder for it in the repo.
Prototype dual trigger with “reversed” brake and lanyard anchor points in the printer!
Also testing a bigger lip between the halves of the remote so I can remove some Tesla-esque panel gaps…
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This project just keeps getting better and better
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I made an account just to comment here. I’m looking to build a diy electric skateboard (longboarded all through college), so I can’t test the remote seeing as I haven’t built a board yet.
However, I have a resin printer, fdm printer, and about 12+ years of 3d modeling experience under my belt, and 9 years of 3d printing experience.
If you need some resin printed shells for better dimensions/geometry/surface finish I would be happy to send some your way free of charge, and I can do some complex modeling if you need.
Awesome project btw.
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Welcome and thank you so much! Please feel free to go through the cad files and tell us what you think. I actually also have a resin printer, but was waiting until the design was somewhat final to do some tests. I intend to use a mix of colored resin and Siraya Tenacious flexible resin to improve durability…but still I’m worried it would be a lot more fragile than PETG.
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nahhh! 
This is a really cool thread.
I wish we had more arduino “Kids” on the block doing unfancy varieties of REMOTES. 
Like both versions very much so far.
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