Upgrade cheap hub motor board with Focbox Unity & Get Amazing Performance BOOST

onloop · January 21, 2019, 5:32am

We put a Focbox Unity, paired with a Nano-X in a generic hub motor esk8.

We got some very surprising results! Most notably a 32% increase in top speed… WOW! Huge improvement in acceleration, speed, torque and overall improvements with control of throttle/brake.

We did three tests.

A-to-B 30M sprint from a stationary start.
100m hill climb up 10% gradient from a stationary start.
Top Speed test using GPS phone app.

We got improvements in all three tests & we will be posting a video soon so you can all see how we did the testing.

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PickSix24 · January 16, 2019, 1:24am

Awesome news. I’m in the process of upgrading my focboxes to a unity. I was planning on putting the focboxes into my sons generic hub motor board. Glad to hear it may be a performance upgrade !

mynamesmatt · January 16, 2019, 2:43am

so you put an esc inside a board that’s worth what the esc is worth . still sick

onloop · January 16, 2019, 1:37am

what tha? meepo v2 isn’t $249…

AlanZhou · January 16, 2019, 1:39am

249 does not include shipping.

mynamesmatt · January 16, 2019, 1:39am

nah nah you can get a “generic hub motor esk8” for that im 98% sure (i always say 98% bc there’s always one idiot that does that “aKshUallY yOu cAn’T” shit so)

onloop · January 16, 2019, 1:41am

thanks for comments @AlanZhou & @mynamesmatt

mikenyc · January 16, 2019, 1:45am

Are you going to be stocking the unity in the states soon so that shipping cost doesn’t influence purchasing for some folks?

Sender · January 16, 2019, 1:47am

@onloop

Sup dog.

Cool!

Make shit better!

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onloop · January 16, 2019, 2:00am

some of these folks have the ability to service the US market… should ask them to stock the unity.

mynamesmatt · January 16, 2019, 2:08am

@sender shh you’re drunk

Sender · January 16, 2019, 2:30am

Yup

LEE · January 16, 2019, 2:45am

Use Unity with MeepoV1’s switch. Change the wiring layout.

Meeep · January 16, 2019, 2:40am

I didn’t even need further convincing yet you’ve gone and done it!

onloop · January 16, 2019, 4:10am

Nice work! can you report your findings? did you also see improvements?

LEE · January 16, 2019, 4:30am

I read this thread and thought of using meepo’s switch. It is not going ahead from there. I was predicting that Unity is a strategic product that can upgrade cheap boards. Everyone in Builders will use unity to build high performance boards. But Unity is a good choice for upgrading the cheap board. I think that beginners are good threads to step up.

jxslepton · January 16, 2019, 9:08am

Would this work with the Meepo AWD?

FredXanadu · January 16, 2019, 1:05pm

Hi, could you show us how you connect your hubs to the unity ?

visnu777 · January 16, 2019, 1:23pm

Actually this can be achieved with any VESC based ESC Depending on the programming of the orginal ESC there will be no speed increase because its limited by KV but torque will improve a lot.

guigui · January 16, 2019, 4:08pm

Awesome ! What about temperatures ? How do you now that suck setup willl old over time ?