2033 May 03 is the best day to launch a mission to esk8 on Mars.
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Given the size and slope of Olympus Mons, the reduced gravity, and the reduced air density, how long would a run down the largest mountain in the solar system take, and what would your max speed be?
I guess for Eskate that all doesn’t matter.
Lets say your saving your batteries to stay warm.
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I have their m24 pro, its pretty stout, but keep my lack of technical diy knowledge in mind .
I’ve pulled the motors apart to grease them ,everything seems over built. if I do it again ill take pics. in 4x4 it climbs everything ,if I can stay on the board and get traction, up up and away. my kid rides a recumbent trike, I pull him up hills with it , he is 6’3"
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Assuming slipless conditions and no air resistance my quick math gives 1098 km/h
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I don’t think I’ve shared this one before.
Eskate with legs instead of wheels.
“Mechanical conversion from roll to steer”
Love that bit.
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I had a dream last night where I took 2 of the same mtb decks and a hundred threaded hex spacers and made a deck sandwich that the battery perfectly sat in. I don’t remember ever putting a cool side veneer on it to cover the electronics but it looked finished by the time I woke up. Then I thought it out and of course it would make your deck rigid as @BillGordon at a Golden Corral unless you used some crazy urethane spacers and really flexy decks with a battery made to flex as well.
But then I thought about an integrated eMTB deck… Like an upside down hummie. Even if it sunk just one row of cells into the deck, that’s fine. We don’t love our big boxes on top, it’s well known. If the deck hid even a bit while still being structurally sound, I’d buy it. Would likely need to be a thicc deck of more flexible material to avoid the aforementioned golden corral situation but that’s my weird theory of the day.
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We were talking about this in eretrons thread about top mount enclosures actually. I’d still prefer a steel bottom mount, grind over shit like a boss. But you could fit a looooota stuff in between two bros and not sacrifice much besides dollars. Question is; clearance or ride height, depending on which deck you mount the trucks on you could have one or the other.
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Yeah true that. I like channel trucks because they sit you pretty low wrt the pivot point. Not sure I’d give up much ride height. Definitely not giving up any clearance.
Guess we’ll have to recess the foot pads too.
At that point it’s basically just a top mount tho 
I’d just cut the tails off the bottom, maybe rock a half inch of risers to split the difference.
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I’ll never go away from top mount if I’m planning to offroad. Clearance wins.
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Aluminum bottom mount shortboard jumper, hop over everything 
I’ll die on this hill lmao
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but you won’t die alone on the hill
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You’ll die with Brian
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On a hill, which confirms it won’t be in Florida.
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Okay, not sure where else to post this so here we go:
I have been pondering how I could best make my full suspension 3sk8 setup. The rear is sorted - it is the suspension + hub motor part from an offroad scooter.
Now the front was an issue. I though about fashioning a suspension myself that would fit onto evolve trucks (as I have a set of flipsky dkp trucks lying around), or just using the front “trucks” of a propel board, but I think I found something that could work even better:
I am going to build an offroad version of the Juma trucks (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2786/6570/products/Black_Hero.png?v=1520141644)
How am I going to do this? well, let me explain:
step 1: I am going to put the 35° adapter from 3Dservisas onto my trampa bigboi deck
step 2: I will attach sort of channel trucks onto it (these trucks:https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/H4203f7f8b391437685b8a4a72d186f2e4/Off-Road-Skateboard-Truck-For-Single-Shaft-Hub-Motor-Wheel-Mountain-Board-Spring-Truck-Compatible-With.jpg_Q90.jpg_.webp).
step 3: I am going to buy two offroad scooter front suspension forks
step 4: I am designing and CNC/welding an adapter that let’s me connect the forks to the trucks
step 5: I am designing and CNC/welding levers that go on top of the forks and connect them to the board using steering arms
step 6: Use 2 11" hub motors like the one I have in the back and use a Trampa 75300 ESC to power this three-drive monster at 16s.
Is it cheap? no. But it is simple? also no. Will it perform well? Eh…I am not sure haha
I’ve seen someone use two metal plates connected with a bracket on one end and a spring on the other to create a “suspension baseplate” if you will. And then you just mount regular trucks onto that.
Kinda like avenue suspension trucks, but they don’t have a freely-rotating bracket or spring:
Alternatively, you could just use a Bajaboard front truck if you really want suspension:
So here is the thing: I have already a bit over half of the board done and/or bought. Plus apparently the bajaboard is not really suitable for REAL offroading… (plus the turning circle isn’t great)
I am using this on my street board: Suspension Kit - Bio Boards so I know about the options out there.
It is more of tinkering project than anything, really =)
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Esk8 racing with sails to generate turning forces/downforce. Pull serious g’s in the corners
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