Ok- I’m just convinced that the loaded vanguard is my favorite board to ride… with just a little flex on the Flex 2 setup. Can anyone fashion an enclosure for it which is flexible enough and can take on a 12s8 p 21700
or thereabouts? I thought about making 3D printed compartments and making 12 of them for the batteries and doing that/ but, I don’t have a 3D printer. I could probably do it… but you guys are just so much more talented than me- so i come to you with requests before I Fail (first attempt in life).
@eBoosted used to sell really tidy vanguard enclosures. Probs have a tough time finding a way to put that big of a battery on such a board, but his enclosures are the gold standard. Worth checking out.
@eBoosted sells 12s4p enclosures. I asked him once about making a version for 21700 cells and he says it isn’t very practical on the vanguard. You could probably buy two 12s4p enclosures and make a, 18650 12s6p or 12s7p + your BMS and ESC if you get creative.
Otherwise, a 3d printed/custom molded full deck spanning option is your best bet for a crazy vanguard build. Good luck!
Top mount it in a large pelican style case. Vanquards are way to flexy for any undermount enclosure that’s available at the moment capable of holding that many cells.
Otherwise you’d probably be best off looking for a different deck.
Yes. The reason is the extreme flex, even with a regular vanguard enclosure with noting on the bottom, the center of the deck will hit the ground when flexing, a 12s8p will hit the ground at the first speed bump.
If we take two of your battery enclosures and mount them- one in front, one in back facing the other direction (so that the front and back look similar from beneath) and reverse mount motors~ you’d be able to hold 4p in front and 4p in back.
You could put the esc in the back and the Bms in the front- tricky part would be getting those Bms wires to the set of batteries mounted in the back of the board. It’s doable… but may not be worth it.
Then you would have a pretty bad ground clearance, not good for such a flexy deck and the looks would be weird and not eye pleasing.
If you really want a 12s8p made with 21700 then I strongly suggest a suitable deck with available enclosure big enough to not have weird shapes and poor adaptations.
The Vanguard is a beautiful deck very good for carving and fun as hell, the profile shape with the correct enclosures is trully eye pleasing as it has a balanced design.
At the end you can create whatever esk8 you want if you want to be unique, but, are you really willing to sacrifice aesthetics, portability, ground clearance, light weight and safety just because you want more range?
I’m sorry if this isn’t what you want to hear but please take it constructively, it might save you from a headache
No offense taken man. You’ve brought so much to this field that everyone has to take what you say to heart. I do think it can be done- and in reality, if you mounted the batteries front and back, you could do a 12s8p 18650 setup. Would it be ideal? Maybe not. I may do it for the fun of it… but, geez - it’ll be heavy and funny looking. Might mistake front from back and end up landing on my dome. If I try, I’ll let you know
I’ve played around with the idea a lot and I’ve taken measurements myself and it’s possible to fit the 12s4p enclosures on both ends but I couldn’t figure out the unity placement to make it work.
I was definitely bottoming out if I didn’t have 1/2" risers and 107s and it was gonna look like ass so I scrapped the whole project
