I’m really excited to have found this forum. I’ve done a little poking around and I’m impressd with the lack of negativity. Good work admins! Also some great info as well. Besides just being a blast to ride, my intrest in E-longboards centers around speed. I think they deserve a place in the Guinness book. Are there any other menbers here currently interested in speed!
I am, but i’d definitely want to have some better protective gear first. Just pads, gloves, and a half shell aren’t going to cut it for that kind of thing. I’d want some leathers and a full face helmet.
Fastest I’ve done was 31mph. That was scary, but there are people on this forum who have taken it over 40. I think the fastest electric skateboard did something like 55mph if i recall correctly. There are some videos on youtube about it.
Some of the boards on this forum are capable of just ridiculous speeds.
I hear ya, Ive gone about 35 and that was about all I would do on my current Board. I would like to beat the gravity powered record that is somewhere in the 80mph range. Fortunately I have all my old protective gear from my motorcycle racing days. I would be quite an investment otherwise. I think getting much over 50 will take some creative board designs to remain stable.
80 mph is so fast on a skateboard. I think the wind would just blow me right off haha. I did wreck my bike doing 80 in a corner and came out with just a bruised shoulder, so helmet, full leathers , kevlar gloves and some racing boots would be awesome.
i flew into the dirt once doing about 25. I’m lucky i didn’t break anything. But when i broke my arm it was because i was going too slow and snagged on a crack. lol
My first eboard was geared to about 25 mph- I went out and rode it the very first day only to fall after getting the death wobble… lol, my knees are still scared over a year later.
I was just overconfident after riding normal board for so long, and living in florida with no hills, I hadn’t ever gone anywhere near that speed. Now, with my current board I’m going 28mph with it limited to 80% power… and that feels super slow- Haha I guess I just got used to it and need to go faster!
That said, I think I’d kill myself though before hitting anywhere near 50… that’s just insane to me. Maybe @longhairedboy will make a speed dedicated deck with his fancy new press
@CSN Whoah! flipping through their photos, here are some specs: hub motors made with brushless DC outrunners 4035 180KV made by “Scorpion”, Tatuu batteries 6S 9000 mah 25c (not sure how many, one per wheel in a 4x4 config), quantum controller (ya the cheap one we’ve been discussing over here , I can’t see what speed controller they’re using.
the next gen board looks promising. With 4 wheel drive and hub motors, it won’t be cheap though. My next build has already laid me back $900 and Its only a 2 wheel drive. another 2 and were looking at $1500 easily, So i bet that board will market for at least $3000.
This weekend i was talking to a friend who was encouraging me to try and organize an event in the Orlando, FL area. Sort of a time trials type event, maybe even racing (drag, head to head on a course, etc). I know you clowns would be interested so i’m going to start asking all of the questions of the locals in order to find a venue, permits, laws, insurances, and all of that bullshit business stuff i hate so i can see some peeps bring their S classed boards down here to the sunshine state and tear up some 'crete.
i order better bushings and will try to hit the 50 mph mark, the only negative thing is that speeds above 40 mph in a urban environment are not recommended for more than 30 sec ( at 50 mph 30s is 0.416 m or 0.667 km)