These Motors are the best option for the lightest, quickest and pleasing to the eyes electric skateboard kit you could ever buy. After years of develop we achieve similar torque then a belt system while still reducing size.
At 83mm the wheel is a perfect balance of speed and torque giving you the ability to have thrilling speeds but still climb that hill on the way home.
To quote myself:
I have to say guys get on this! these motors are a beautiful piece of work and certainly at this time the best hub motors I have seen or ridden.
I try to make it my business to compare everything and be super critical so that you guys don’t have to guess.
these things are awesome. and with the exception of maybe a slightly bigger grub screw on the internal collar there is not much you could do to improve.
as has been pointed out the shuddering that I experienced in my video was due to the VESC setting not these motors.
you can also see even a single one of these hub motors run off cheap hobbyking parts still has the torque to pull me along to a reasonable speed, so that’s pretty impressive
It would be a massive shame for the esk8 builders community if these motors ceased to exist due to lack of backing. @jacobbloy has put the work in, but without community support they might just slip through the cracks.
in short BUY THESE MOTORS!
Should also point out that this is an absolute bargain! I paid much more for mine and I didn’t get trucks lol.
6-12s can be used depending on your speed an hill climbing wants. @Ulfberht@appelton I’m sorry mate but it is just a launch price and can not be sustained for long, but just pm me when your ready.
They look super sick, i just got Hummie’s motors in the mail and would love to buy these and compare them with each other. I’m still waiting for my VESC’s from @chaka, so untill them nothing can be tested
What size are the trucks? (not really liking the gold color, but i guess that can be painted/swapped).
Just ordered! These things look awesome.
Been lurking here and ES for a while now and building my first esk8 soon. Just waiting for vescs from enertion and ollinboard.
Well if you really want to know:
After my first build that I just finished today my sister and cousin were really impressed and seemed to love the idea of an electric longboard. As students they can not afford their own build, while I can probably manage to buy two for them. However for two dual boards I’d need 4 VESCs which is just too much for me to give away as presents. Two I should be able to manage.
How does it work when just one side is protruding on a truck like that? You seem to have planned for front and back by using different length trucks but how can you adjust left and right? Is there a spacer you can put on the truck?
@jacobbloy Any rough idea of what shipping will cost to the US, specifically California? And if I were to order now, would my credit card be charged now, or would that happen later after you have enough people lined up to buy?
the best way to deal with this would be to use 2 normal sized truck, then machine one down 15mm to then make them even, i might look into doing this and maybe start selling them. i can have tis done for you for a small fee.
@Mobutusan international shipping is a flat rate of $35 usd during the sale period.
Jacob please give it some more time. I am waiting for my fat paycheck somewhere next month I’ll be IN.
What size are the trucks? (not really liking the gold color, but i guess that can be painted/swapped).