First build problem

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He Guys!

Well I just finished my first build. An electric normal skateboard. I love cruizing on my normal deck with normal trucks bit with longboard wheels. So I made the thing electric.

I used 2x 5500 mah 3s lipos. Hobbyking 120a/300a Esc. Turnigy 280kv motor. 15t motor pulley. 40t wheel pulley.

Still building my nunchuck controller with Arduino nano and a nfr24l01. I used my quadcopter controller to try the board out. The little thing has soms crazy power to it.

But I got a problemen with it. Its unsteerable, it just goes forward. If I lean to turn it doesnt do anything. I spread the trucks a bit outword so the box could fit underneath the deck, I thought that could be the problem but what do you guys think ?

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What do you mean “it doesn’t do anything”? as in the motor stops working when you turn? that would be a wiring issue.

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Could it be that your trucks are not wide enough compared to your wheel size? Also, does your mount touch the board when you’re leaning?

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Is the drive side truck an rkp or is it on backwards? Lol that would probably make it not turn. They counter steer!

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I think you’re right, it looks backward

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Hahaha this was a quick amusing read lol nice catch @saul

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I always rode my board with this setup. And IT worked like a charm. I could turn and lean and curve. But now I cant lean in to make a turn. It just keeps going forward even if I put all my weight on one side to turn.

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Yeah I see what you guys mean. I Let my dad help me with making the bracket and welding the truck. I let him do it himself als he made that mistaken. But that shouldnt be the problem with my steering right?