Will it work? | Kicktail deck | Carvon 2.5 single hub | Carvon VESC | Space Cell 10s3P | Enertion nano controller

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Hi all - finally ready (I think) to start putting my first build together. Want to see if the community thinks it will work, or offer any wisdom.

Deck: Kicktail deck I already have Motor: TORQUE Single Hub Motor Kit VESC: DIYES VESC Battery: SPACE Cell 3 (10s3P setup) Controller: Included Nano X controller (comes with the battery pack).

Speed is not critical to me - I live in a city so it’s pretty start and stop. However, I will be riding in bike lanes so I would like to be able to max out around 20 mph if possible - again not critical. My bigger concern is a reliable battery. I plan to take this on the subway so I need something that looks pretty stealth since technically there’s a ban on electric “vehicles.”

From everything I have read, a single Carvon hub motor seems like it should do the trick. I weigh about 190 lbs and the terrain is largely flat, save for a bridge with a very moderate incline.

Basically I just want check that this thing isn’t going to overheat and combust, and that it will be able to get me form A to B. I anticipate my longest there-and-back ride being 6 miles max, so hoping this setup can handle that.

Any advice or thoughts would be much appreciated!

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Looks good. Enertion VESC is made in the USA and DIY’s is made in china. Enertion VESCs seem to be higher quality as well. Just a thought.

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I thought it was the opposite. Im pretty sure more people, according to polls, have more problems with Enertions. May be wrong though.

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Were a lot of posts about faulty DIY vesc’s and bad solder jobs, would go with enertion

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Both of those are far from beign perfect.

VESC-X ( also from Enertion ) seems to be good tho.

For proven quality VESC: @chaka has very good reputation and amazing customer service. Consider buying there if the price isnt a big issue.

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Terrible is quite the overstatement, and for you to promote the other vesc-x which is not even really proven to be the better vesc. Is odd.

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Thanks for your feeeback.

There are so many people complaining about Enertion VESCs all over the web that I cant say nice things about it.

Also, I havnt said vesc-x is super, neither im promoting it, just said it SEEMS TO BE good from what I’ve seen so far and the tech details provided by Enertion.

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Probably because enertion sells 50x as much and not many people who buy DIY are on the forum.

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The newer Enertion vesc (made in the USA) has been pretty solid for me so far. The boards look pretty well assembled too.

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I was reading the forum, and I found this thread. What I just ordered happened to be EXACTLY this build! Carvon VESC, 2.5 single hub, enertion Battery with controller. I was wondering if you had any updates on it? Is it done yet? If so, what are the specs? Thanks!