So another stuff I wanted to bring up, actually quick and simple idea. The fastest project I ever made
Would you guys be interested in alu or steel mounting plates to convert your street decks from tkp to Rkp? If I can get it cheap and solid. With custom shapes to match trucks hopefully.
Still needs work of course but overall it’s like that
Made it so you get the original wheelbase from tkp back. It sits lower than I expected too.
And it provides free bolt-ons for your enclosure too, so no extra holes needed basically.
On pic you have Paris V2 165mm shown (narrow truck looks better on slim decks.
(Edit : about the empty space between kick and the plate, it’s not supposed to be empty, still need work on that area)
I’m curious about this, it looks like we’re working on a similar end to solve different conditions! I’m presently looking into a similar metal base-plates to add a bit of suspension to normal skateboard trucks on typically stiff decks… I’ll be following this…
if you mean spring steel, similar in material properties as leaf springs, YES! I’m experimenting and prototyping design and material thicknesses to tune the pseudo-suspension.
what are your plans for base-plate material, and thickness?
Is it stable at speed? I thought adding more angle to front makes better turning but adding to rear makes easier to wobble?
Got a build thread for the beast?
top idea my friend! Simple but with benefits for electric streetboards.
Like is a lot!
Just would suggest some wedges, too, to be sure not to break the deck under stress. But thats no problem at all.
Great!
it has just steering and LESS turning!
Not that good idea, if you dont dewedge both of them trucks.
Otherwise its pretty much steering with no possibility to lean into turns, for that reason its not that good.
best stability is to wedge the front truck a bit and to dewedge the rear. For the rear you can dewedge to 0 degrees, and the front to whatever 43, 45, 50 degrees. depends on how you like it the most.
I got my rear something like 30 to 35 and the front 43 degrees. So i can do hard turns and its very stable at higher speeds but stability depends on the wheelbase, too. Shorter boards get into wobbles sooner than longboard decks, thats clear.
i mean the wedges in your design just not to levitate half of the truck.
Not sure if im right but i think i have seen it this way, that your baseplate is not supported in total length to the deck. You know what i mean?
The second picture shows the space where the wedge has to be added to match everything fine. Then it should be more than great imo for street decks!
I know you want to use steel as a very stable material, but i would definitely suggest some wedges if possible.
I got to looking around and bought a cheap 31" long, 8.5" wide popsicle deck to mock up my thoughts and to see if I wanted to pursue this concept before I pressed a deck.
Front-truck mounted MTB style, rear truck moved aft and risers and wedges added, really liking the cool super usable kick!
