Hey my name is Devon. I’m thinking about starting a new board build. I’m relatively new to building my own, but I have been doing loads of research. Here are the parts I’m thinking about using;
Deck --> 38″ Longboard Deck
Trucks, mounts, and wheels --> 11’’ OffRoad All Terrain Truck Kit with 8’’ Pneumatic Tires
Motor --> ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD MOTOR 6374 190KV
Battery --> Samsung 25R 18650 2500mAh 20A Battery (12s4P)
Motor pulley --> 18T HTD5 15MM MOTOR PULLEY
BMS --> 12s 3.6V Lithium ion Li Polymer Battery BMS
Motor controller / anti spark --> FOCBOX UNITY
Other than enclosure and things like that am I missing anything? Any comments or tips for a noob? Thanks!!!
I built a 41 inch with 7 inch tires. Very smooth, very climby. It handles curbs and such well. They start getting heavy, wide and bad for roads, inless you get specialized type. There are people clamoring for a 5 inch pneumie. I have 7 and I am going 6.5 tire when these wear out.
The URBAN TREADS are from trampa, and they are good for road and offroad. SOME. They fit the rims that fit 6 to 8 inch tires. I think they are one of the best tires ever. Look god too. High pressure.
There are the thumb remotes, and the index remotes. A lot of people find index control easier (cause the course of trigger is often smaller on thumb control) but it will depend on you.
Also think about if you want telemetry (informations on remote screen), or not.
Trampa seems to have a really nice remote with many features, but is expensive. I personally use the mini remote that I find great, with AA batteries (so you can bring spare batteries, not like on a rechargeable one), not so expensive and reliable.
I had experience with cheap ones, and not with expensive ones.
I used GT2B with 3d printed enclosure(at the times when there was not many remotes out there) - it was ok.
then nano remote (cheap one around 30 backs) - it was bad, sometimes signal was dropped,
then i had wii nynchak remote, but it has very bad, signal was always interrupted when there was no accelerator readings change and signal was weak overall.
I had to return to nano remote, but it was a bit scary.
Then i was suggested on this forum to use mini remote (i never liked how it looks and never considered it, but i was told that signal is strong). This was, maybe, last cheap alternative. And this remote is seriously good. Its cheap and reliable, never had issues with signal strength or drops. Still use it, maybe ill consider to change case for it to make it smaller, but ill use it. But its all cheap staff, for your board you may want to go premium - there are several options now, but i never experienced them
Honestly I don’t really care if the remote is index or thumb. I just want it to display the battery percentage and speed correctly. I have a teamgee skateboard now (sucks), and it doesn’t show the correct battery or speed
This can tell you battery and more.