If I sound a bit stupid, please excuse that, I am just getting into esk8ing and have been looking at making my own board. So far my budget seems to be 500$ CAD, so just under 400$ USD. I was looking at hub motors as I also plan to use this longboard as a push board in case I ever run out of battery.
I have seen a couple videos of some that include these, does anyone have any other maybe slightly cheaper options or are these good enough for commute to school and work?
Those are among the cheapest hubs you can find. Seach Aliexpress for “skateboard hub” and you find also many choices. I found my dual hubs from eBay on about 120 EUR. They have same specs than what you linked, and they are good for max 36km/h with 10S. On my experience, those dual hubs equal one belt driven.
For budget that narrow, you are better using just one motor, since every motor needs it’s own ESC, and ESC costs money too.
But then, i don’t know about your weight or terrain…
Edit: i have exactly those that grozniy linked
Edit2: i have 10S 40C 10AH aka. 400A continuous. Woah, never thought it was that high. Well the peak current on my setup is anyways around 30A
still have no idea, but i plan on making an enclosure out of a metal box or something, I might use this esc off ebay, all to be determined if something shows up better
building a board for under $400 is going to be really, really hard. It can be done, but your first board will very likely go way over budget. Keep that in mind. That being said, the cheapest way you can accomplish what you want to do is to buy a meepo board and swap the deck for something a little better.
Find something different for ur high school project for $400 there isn’t much you can do to make it stand out or seem like you actually built anything, if you want a personal board with a $400 budget just get a meepo
Maytech 90mm Hub motors are actually pretty good. The guys at Pulseboard tested them and found they can in fact take on 800W per motor. Any other smaller hub motor is not going to be able to take that power without literally melting down. An alternative to hub motors is to use belt drives, which are SO MUCH BETTER. We are talking better hill climbing, better efficiency, better durability, better cooling, better weight to power ratios, better full 'thane ride quality. They are just better and I urge you to take a look.
Here’s a blueprint setup for the drivetrain only:
60$ - Hobbyking SK3 6374 190KV motor
10$ - Hobbyking Motor mount
50$ - Caliber II 44 trucks
20$ - Hobbyking Pulley & Belt kit
30$ - 97mm Flywheel clones (not the greatest, but the saved costs are passed on to the rest of your more vital components)
That’s 170-190$ and trust me when I say you won’t regret the extra costs. This will provide far more torque than a dual 90mm maytech setup, which would go for around 250$
At any rate, what I’d do in your position is to go to the website that sells the individual parts meepo uses and build a board using essentially the same parts that go into a meepo. You can change it up a bit and you’ll still have out it all together, and design wise you’ve done the same amount of work as asking us for a partslist.
I never asked you to design an electric skateboard for me, I simply asked for good but not too expensive hub motors, you and PredatorBoardd are the ones that made me a part list.
Edit2: i have 10S 40C 10AH aka. 400A continuous. Woah, never thought it was that high. Well the peak current on my setup is anyways around 30A 
