Just started a group buy for the last remaining PNL 23° baseplates. They’ll go fast. Should have them here Friday if dude is able to get to storage to get them and ship them, or they’ll come at the third week of Fab.
I also noticed that these trucks are designed the same as the randal r3 trucks, which have a stand off section on the board side bushing which keeps the axle where it needs to be during turning and non turning events. All around awesome set up for maximizing lean to turn ratio, and keeping slop from killing you.
Those bushings will certainly be what I use for my raptor powered board front and rear. SO stoked on these. I’ll be starting my first hand research asap. Still waiting on the rubber gasket which holds the enclosure.
Just wanted to add a bit of info I’m stoked to try out this 23° baseplate from PNL. The hanger isn’t a perfect fit, the pivot isn’t in by about 3mm or less. Whateva. I’ll have to replace the pivot cup sooner, or maybe seek some other solution, but I think they’ll be fine…
Wanted to post some pics here to show how the raptor drive system looks in place on the Doobie based mold.
Yeah I like it. That is .5" 12.7mm of riser pad and there are about 2.5 of my fat fingers between the wheel and the wheel well which means that is ridable, but wheel bite can occur, so maybe an additional 8th inch or 3mm of riser and confidence grows. I’m keen to ride a board that tall with that tail. Gonna need some UHMW tail protectors which I have just now decided I am naming Ass Dragons. Stay tuned for product release lol.
This is a 11 ply deck and tie raptor stuff is going to be mounted to it. Today I received more raptor parts. Word has it I’m getting a unity! Giggity goo Will post more stoked pics soon. I am about to have the fastest true dk skate deck this side of the tracks.
I still have some left. The advantage with non powered boards is more speed with less twitch. With powered boards my theory is that it will help vector thrust also, which will make turning while accelerating really fun.
Oh and I got what appears to be everything else yesterday. I am a bit confused at how many riser pads you run on your boards, because I believe I got 3 total pads, all the same size, so either one is missing or I have one more than you use.
Yep, Final Answer Bob.This is exactly what I’ll be riding. I made a small change to elevate the truck mounting base so that it isn’t comprimised in thickness. The stock riser for the raptor 2 is .3125" or 5/16 of an inch or just under 8mm. I suppose 1 riser pad only is used on this set up both front and rear normally? I’d like to see if that will be enough.
Now I need to remove some material in the nose and tail to try and save weight and give a bit of flex back to the board.
Ok I got the weight reduction mostly finalized. I could probably go much crazier on that part given this deck is much stiffer than the standard Raptor 2 deck.
Still gonna be putting a CNC cut up to 1" thick UHMW (ultra high molecular weight) tail protector on this one.
Here is a shot of wheel clearance at 20 degrees of lean with 95mm wheels, and the stock raptor riser pads of 5/16" or 8mm. I am thinking of throwing some flush mounts both front and rear so I can see about getting a lower height by maybe an 8th of an inch of 4mm. I’d like to see more than 20 degrees lean before bite, and then less riser than the current raptor uses, by having these deep wheel wells.
Here you see contact being made at 25 degrees lean. (keep in mind 95mm wheels) I think I’ll keep it that way and leave the flush mounts out of this.
