Ok so i’m still looking around at different boards etc. buying/building.
The thing that has me caught up at the moment is the anticipated release of the Evolve GT.
The specs are looking pretty good and the hill tests are showing it has a tone of torque.
I’m not even considering the the BB.
What i’m curious though, is if there are hill tests for the Enertion Raptor? I’m wanting to see torque and climbing performance.
Specifically if anyone in Brisbane has one and can test on same hill as in the video below??
Would be awesome to see if anyone is willing to go out and make a video?
Not sure about wiping the floor anymore, if that is really a 31% grade that is a ridiculous hill… Like walking up that would be tough. There must be a serious amount of torque there.
Definitely impressive, but I doubt they could take my fatass up a gnarly hill like that. The video @Mr_Mahal linked, that guys my weight and goes up that hill with ease on a raptor duo That shits impressive.
Still need to make my video…been traveling too much. The GT seems pretty sweet and that hill climb is impressive. Could the dual raptor climb it faster? Probably, but more important would be which motors are running higher temps.
@Claudiofiore88 - I’m pretty sure it could. I had a dual 5065 270KV setup on 6S. That thing literally climb anything. Although, that’s due to the higher KV rating.
@Jinra - I find slightly higher KV is awesome for hill climbing under 280kv. It’s doable because it’s dual motor. With a single, it wouldn’t climb as well but will work for smaller hills.
But from riding here in SF. You want to get over a hill ASAP. A too high torque board won’t turn your wheels fast enough.
If you stop or slow down in the middle or the top of a hill. You can’t get momentum fast enough to get up over the hill. You’ll have to stop and walk it up or risk burning out your motors.
@Mobutusan - Most of these you wouldn’t bother climbing. People don’t even walk up these hills They’ll usually have stairs on the side.
I think a 4WD setup would do it but 2WD w/ perhaps a running head start would climb it.
The problem is when you lose momentum going uphill because the hill get’s harder at the top. Most of these areas aren’t really flat either so that one crack or one pebble on the road will throw your momentum off.
You can go a little steeper than this hill probably but you need nice pavement. You get a crack or bump… There’s no way you can power over these hills from the middle of the hill. Too much heat goes into the motors because the board won’t move and you keep feeding it power.
I can tell you that if it was the GT against the Raptor dual up any hill the Raptor will win and the GT would be left behind. Not good for the motors to do it too often though. But I would say that not all hills are possible. Those are really steep hills.
They’ll usually have stairs on the side.
