Took the board for my commute to work today (~4 miles). It’s been great, but tougher to handle than my GT; though this is probably due to me not being used to it yet. Acceleration is amazing and braking is better than my GT. Top speed is definitely higher as well.
I had an issue where the remote would seemingly cut out for a couple seconds, then start working again. I’m not sure if this is a connection issue, or if there’s some fault in the VESC or maybe it’s rebooting for some reason. I’ll have to investigate this further. It only happened twice. I’m not sure if it’s related to me using 43v as max input voltage, but I doubt it.
I’m using the winning remote at the moment. I ride a lot of hills and through a ton of wind on my way back, but I’d say 12 miles through all that. However! I was accidentally running sensored instead of hybrid, so I’ll probably have better range now that i switched it.
Well i went 3.7 + 3.8 + .4 + .4 miles and ended with 32% battery which is 8.3. After the math I should get 12.2 miles for 100% of the battery. However, like I said, I went through a lot of hills and heavy wind resistance so that’s not surprising. I also, ran on sensored the entire time which is inefficient at high speeds Who knows how much I would get on flat ground running hybrid mode.
My GT gets about the same, but it’s hard to tell since the battery meter on the GT is very bias and doesn’t reflect real world value. 100% to 90% drops very slowly (99% after 4 miles), but after 90 it goes to 60-70 a bit faster, then after that it drops very fast (especially after 40%). I’d compare it to the range I’ve been getting thus far on my board.
I love the dual kingpin on the GT, it makes turns very pleasant and I have had zero trouble controlling it at high speeds. However, my DIY board goes much faster than the GT so I think I like the stability of calibers for my DIY. One thing I do miss about the trucks is the length. My GT’s trucks are a whole 5-7cm wider and it makes for much more confident turns. I sometimes feel like I’m going to topple over on my DIY when turning too aggressively.
I took it for a test run in hybrid and no more cut out issues! Hopefully this has been resolved for future, longer runs. I guess running full sensored at high speeds causes the VESC to freak out and reboot or something.
Yep seems perfect for this board. The only problem was some of the weather seal got completed shredded when i drilled through it. Not a big deal, next time I’ll hole punch it before drilling
Hurray, cut out issue seems to be fixed (knock on board). However, I had a scary incident today where my brakes wouldn’t respond, then the board accelerated by itself for a second. Had to hop off but didn’t fall.
Anyone know what might’ve caused that? Currently using the winning remote and I’ve set the min/max pulsewidth correctly. Running “Current” mode. Safe start and median filter both checked.
I had my board accelerate on its own yesterday at around 20mph and didn’t feel i could slow it down so bailed before it got going too fast. Made it two steps and then rolled on to the pavement, scrapped up the elbows pretty bad. Thankfully had helmet on.
