First Look at TorqueBoards Direct Drive Motor

[McErono]

Its my own design. Will put it on google drive without my logo and pm you.

@Quiles 12s4p charge only bms, made by pjotr.

It started raining… damn! Such an urge to get on that board

[McErono]

@rusins me and finges planed to mount it drop through but the motors are bigger than expected.

@finges

I inititally mocked out drop through mounting on the Hummie… It looked like you had a little under .5 inches between the deck and the top of the motor. You would definitely have to sand out a motor well to make it work… I didn’t feel comfortable with the amount of material that would have the be sanded and the structural integrity that would be compromised.

If you look at the first picture… you can see that with a top mount… it’s about 1.25 inches from motor to the bottom of the deck. The deck itself is about .75 inches… if you routed out a spot to flush mount… you might get back .125 inches… Feel like it’s not enough room

@FredXanadu its a wildboar-d crash pack bumper. Cut to size and epoxied where needed.

@torqueboards

@torqueboards

I will have new axles if anyone wants new axles but obviously there’s a wait time.

Thats ok! Just to let you know your own abec7 bearings from your 97mm wheels wont fit either. Tried bones red, oust9 and torqueboards abec7.

[Touch415]

Very nice crash bumper

[BruSkater]

I am thinking of doing it… Would require routing on top and making wells on bottom.

[brenternet]

Do it. Show us how.

I have the necessary parts but not a morsel of effort in my body for experimentation

[BruSkater]

Well I have to wait for God knows how much time to get my DD back. So maybe you could show us

[Brobert]

i would love to have the same riser as yours where did you get them or are the 3d printed

[Toughook]

not funny anymore I feel like I’m twelve and waiting for xmas or something with all you guys posting pictures of something I also own but is moving at a glacial pace into my hands. No way they will be delivered before tomorrow, and then everything shuts down until Tuesday due to Easter (plus I’m away on holiday until Thursday). In which case it might be the following week until these thing finally arrive.

USPS postal service is possibly the worst option that could have been used here. A heads up to anyone else thinking of importing these from outside the USA… ask TB to send using a different service - pay the extra, it’ll will be worth it for your nerves !!!

EDIT: phoned them up and managed to pay over the phone in advance of the letter being sent to me. I’m allowed to collect at lunchtime…

[Sender]

@Toughook

EDIT: phoned them up and managed to pay over the phone in advance of the letter being sent to me. I’m allowed to collect at lunchtime…

Nice!

 

[McErono]

No problem here with usps whatsoever this time. And no customs fees which I didn’t expect.

I did climb the steepest hill around today (really steep) and the thing flew up there like nothing. Felt like my belt drive… but silent. Brakes are impressive. I had to tone them down a bit (-53a/-15a) compared to the raptor 2.1 its not even funny… raptor was not able to climb the same incline and came to a stand still.

The motors do get hot though. Lunaci must be a lot lighter than me (who wonders me being 220lbs) to manage these mountainroads in her review video with handwarm motors.

[rideTastic]

Sorry I don’t know anything about this but is it theoretically possible to simply exchange the raptor 2.1 hubs with the TB DD motors and connect them to the unity?

[FredXanadu]

Did you do a build thread ?

[esk8jpn]

Yes, you can. The sensor connectors are different and need to be converted.

[Eskate444]

Hi guys,

where did you buy these direct drives? on the Torque boards site it says pre order only

[Mich21050]

They all ordered from the torqueboards website but in December (I think). It’s your only way of getting one.

[Eskate444]

Damn 4 months ago, i want to build one with these motors, but maybe it will take too long.

[LEE]

Torque DD is 5.5 mm Barrett, R-Spec motor 3.5 mm Barrett. This also has to be converted.

As @esk8jpn says, the sensor connector also needs conversion. The FOCBOX unity is a 2 mm pitch JST ph connector, and the Torque DD is a 1.5 mm pitch JST zh connector.

The torque board sells conversion connectors.

https:///products/vesc-sensor-wires?variant=712409808919

[McErono]

No. It was a lazy build

Hummie deck and mounted enclosure from bigben. 12s4p charge only bms, fuse, 4A torqueboards charger plug by pjotr. DirectDrive and Bigwheels from Torqueboards. Unity Enertion

So all I did is some modification on the enclosure (holes for switch and charging plug and a cutout to fit the truck baseplate), griptape, coating the matte hummiedeck with 2k, printing the x-things, soldering motor adapters, job done.

Its kind of my dreamboard and its not even more expensive than the raptor 2.1 on sale… which I am still waiting for a replacement since january.

[McErono]

If you are in the EU I can recommend these adapters: https://shop.elektro-skateboard.de/eigenbau-tuning/zubehoer/727/hall-sensor-adapterkabel-fuer-vesc

Not the cheapest but fast delivery

[FredXanadu]

I have the same build but i’m still waiting for my DD Could you let me know what kind of fuse you use ? any link ? I have also a 12s4p battery. Can wait to finish this build.