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Not exactly confidence inspiring.
Long story short. . .
I think people wanting a “plug and play” experience may be let down by those plugs their self desires.
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Details on what you mean?
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Oh sorry I said plug and play kinda taking about vesc swapping but also kinda taking about reassembling a stock FM board and expecting extreme reliability.
I mean those last 7 pictures I posted show connectors that don’t hold up to the toughest standards possible.
If I were to help form a new standard connector set for these boards I would rather choose ones that can take a beating over whatever the legacy options were.
I’m not a connector expert but I’m sure there are tougher options for long term use.
To be more specific, the motor, sensors, footpad, battery input all have connecters that leave something to be desired.
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Ah, well seeing that was a reason I wanted to do the controller box myself. I have different sensibilities for assembly that have come from my experiences doing eskates.
So yeah, there could be some more robustness.
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Don’t worry, they’ll sell you a couple of plastic bits for $30, and blame you for their junk design.
They don’t need to worry about quality when they stifle innovation & competition with patents
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“coming out with a full blown plug and play pint vesc conversion kit with BMS soon”
Roadblocks aren’t very good at stopping onewheelers
no crypto needed anymore for GTV and likely they will carry the XRV (4 weeks out from launch) and the PintV that will be out this year.
No smart BMS on the GTV, I have added Xlite to one but it was not connected to CAN bus since it uses an odd connector. If you want an XRV with cell readout I would consider the Fungineers BMS seen below.
I designed parts for this GTFO kit, it might be slightly cheaper than the GTV especially if you want to run the SF, however, you need to run VESC tool setup wizards.
in order to keep GT motor with the GTFO this connector and soldering bullets/extensions is needed.
+this PCB for adding JST plug
Also due to recent law changes FM proprietary GT plug is available from mfg.
The tech rails one is worth the extra $ I think.
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