Motor mounts on round hangers = loose motor mounts
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Jbweld enters the room
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Lol back to the old days
@b264 when I talked to the designer he said âwe made a unique mounting systemâ
I am very curious because yes, thatâs the #1 Paris problem lol
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That problem requires a welder, the heat from which predisposes the aluminum to cycle fatigue and cracking later.
Unless they are using a custom hanger with mounts cast onto it, but then it wouldnât be a âParis V3â as they claim.
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Yeah idk, they say Paris v3, only thing I can think is some kind of weird compression fit - but Paris are not precision trucks so that would be difficult
Or of course thereâs always the most likely option which I completely forgot about.
That only the front truck is a Paris V3.
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Do you know if thereâs a way to identify a genuine Paris truck? Non destructively
No, because as someone who likes motors on my skates, I stay as far away from round hangers as possible LOL
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Best case scenario - it ends up being a genuine competitor to the BKB board.
Realistic scenario - it ends up being a slightly better, yet much more costly Boosted-clone.
Iâm no expert, but this format of street-only flexideck board IMO doesnât need that high performance specs to be fun. My 500 buck Wowgo 3X would go 40kmh, 20+km of range with genuine Paris front truck and fake Paris (to mount motors) in the back. It wonât be easy for Thunder if they reach Hurricane/Zeus pricing.
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Definitely agree with your thoughts. Itâs a big question mark as to what the price will be - it makes or breaks it
Yeah I came to say this, thatâs where my money is
And almost exactly this, but I havenât used one of those $500 boards so it would have just been conjecture. Beaten to it twice it seems
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It wonât have a future if it will cost more than 1300$.
I would go with Eovan all day long.
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Kinda agree with alot of the comments made already. If you are looking for the next âboostedâ, you arenât chasing performance or top shelf part.
Its gotta look like skateboard, easy to ride, reliable, fun to ride, affordable.
Mass appeal NOT enthusiast appeal.
IMO there are already quite a few strong offering in the market
Exway flex for example:
- Weightďź7.7Kg
- Top Speedďź40Km/h
- Rangeďź27Km
- Very smooth/intuitive acceleration
- Belt drive
All for 700 bucks.
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For what itâs worth the exway flex will never get anywhere near 27km of range. Backfire zealot is better value than the flex
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Its also 150 usd more but thats not the point. The point is that ânew boostedâ had been done by quite a few companies.
Re Thunder boards the original topic
1600 - 1800 seems high
Mass market probably wont nip at the premium pricing for the added performance
Thus probably not gonna be the next âboostedâ. Could be a good board (but 6.6vesc aka flipsky 
) but doubt itâd be the mass market success like boosted.
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Again, still, the Zealot will never get near this range either
But they gotta nail the price
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Theres also a strange obsession here with rangeâŚ
A lot of people donât care about the additional range.
More range = more weight
More range = more $$
There are tradeoffs to be made.
If you are using it as a daily driver using it to bridge the gap left by public transport, you donât need that big of a battery, weight and size becomes a pretty big deal.
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I mean more range also means less sag, and I donât personally think a 10s3p is a very heavy battery
This is compared to all of the 18650 batteries on most other boards of this form factor. I guess some people might not care that much about range but itâs one of the selling points
imo 10s3p is a perfect size for a small board actaully, I actaully been picking up a bunch of packs from BKB Duo Battery + Enclosure â Build Kit Boards, the comment is more directed toward the general MORE RANGE GOOD! mentality
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Lol tell that to the people building their 12s18p batteries and youâll have a riot 
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