Okay so firstly this forum has been incredibly informative to my research and after seeing the search bar researching content is easy as pie! This is my first build so if anything seems as though it may not work please say as I am not an expert. I would also like to say thankyou to @Michaelinvegas’s help for showing me his basic parts build.
The parts:
Motor- 5065 270kv 3-8s brushless motor - £38
Battery - 2 x Multistar 3s 5200mah lipo - £24
ESC - 80A Gool rc 2-6s
Deck - 20.5" homemade out of 7ply maple veneer. I based it off of the ohmboy board design I think? £42
Wheels - green flywheel clones - £30
Trucks - Caliber 8" - £41
Bolts and risers - £3.95
Heat shrink - 127pc - £2.80
Motor mount and pulley kit- Enertion - £80
Then some Xt60 connectors, 4mm banana plugs, a lipo indicator and this controller.
those multistars only have 10C discharge rate - at 5200mAh that is only 52A.
It can work but is a little risky (especially because the C rating tends to be exaggerated by the manufacturer). Go for 20C and you will be fine.
The caliber trucks will have to be modified to fit enertions pulley kit. I would recommend going to diys website to get the abec 11 flyweel pulley kit.
1: you mean parallel - in parallel you would get 10400mAh at 10C - so 104A. But you would only have 3S voltage which is ridiculously low.
2: You want to have at least a 6S setup - so series is required which leaves the capacity the same and thus the discharge rate.
Yes it is but it is flat, I took a long time to plan it, i will upload pictures when I get back as I am currently at college, but I may try to enclose the batteries inside the board like Bolt did.
Okay thanks, the only reason I opted for these was due to the fact that they are easily splitable to create 2 slimline packs that can then be wired in series
Yes, they should be. I would also advise buying some 12 AWG wire for when you wire everything in series. For my build, I made a series adapter, parallel adapter, and single battery adapter.