Hi guys, I have a cheap 1 motor setup with not a really great breakinh power coming from this single motor.
Since acceleration and top speed are great I didn’t want to go for a dual motor setup so I tried this brake implementation.
With my weight going at 30km/h pushing the brake causes the wheel to stop immediately and giving a great stoppng power which finally gave me a great security riding my board to stop in really small spaces on cases of need.
I like your idea, i wish it was 100% mechanical. Ever since i had my board go max speed out of control i’ve been looking for a failsafe way of breaking.
If you have time pls post a video of how it work. I also have a single drive board too. I had to bail out once when I attempted to stop on a slop. I purchased a use frogstop but I have not installed it yet.
Brakeboard is great but too much expensive, and you still have to change your foot position to brake, which in case of emergency may not be very practical.
I wanted to make something connected with the same throttle channel of my transmitter so that when I brake it automatically activates both the brake of the motor and the mechanical brake.
So I just have to brake on my transmitter and I can totally focus on maintaining the balance and avoiding the obstacle.
My solution is very cheap also, you only need a cheap 20kg servo (20€) and 6€ worth of steel and aluminium, an old bike inner tube and a couple of hours with the drill press, angle grinder, hammer, vise, files and contact cement and you are done.
I could not justify spending 500+ euros on a brakeboard truck while my overall board cost is 350€ , so I found this solution that works great for my needs
Yeah I think also , but I can get four 100mm wheels for 35€ and changing the rubber is a 10 minute process.
For the added security I am happy to trade a change of wheel and rubber