So I’ve made some real progress on this build. Thanks to @Blasto I’ve realised I could have caused a bit of an issue with the VESC. I have redesigned my bracket so that it’s even more secure and replaced the standard bolts with Nylon ones.
In this iteration I have turned the VESC through 90 degrees as it gives me much more space.
I’ve completed the end bracket which is now a mounting point for both the vesc receiver a battery indicator and alarm. I have also got a power switch in there. This will be for the battery indicator not the board so that it doesn’t drain the battery when in use.
I have also designed a bracket to allow me to hang the board on my wall. It works really well and even allows me to pop my helmet on top too.
I took the board out for a test ride yesterday and it works!!! I ran into performance issues, with there not being enough power. However once I got back I realised I had the min voltages set too high. I did another ride this evening and hit some good speeds.
I need to do two more jobs:
Make a battery cover
Sort out the wiring so that I can charge both batteries in the board.
Not sure, I haven’t finished the build yet as I got distracted by family life and a motorbike once I’ve completed the project I may release it on thingiverse.
Damn that’s pretty good range! If I were to run a single with the same battery (8S 10000mah) I should more or less be getting slightly more range on it right? Only concern would be durability of the batteries
Yeah, maybe a little more depending on your riding style. I’ve used mine for more than 1000km and they’ve been thrown around and almost ran over by a car (described in my build thread) and they still work perfectly. Not even puffed a bit! They have a few scratches though, but that’s it. I’m really impressed with them, I’d just love it if they were available in 5s…
