Converting from Dog Powered to Electric Mountainboard

[r3volved]

That's sweet
My guy is a pretty good walker. When he gets resistance on his collar he stops...took me several attempts to figure out a good setup.
I didn't realize mtb's have breaks...thats one of the primary reasons why a noob like me is looking into electrification in the first place.

 

[Raja's Dad]

I looked into adding brakes to my longboard but it would not have been as stable. I love the mountainboard because I am never scared no mater how fast we go. I have only ever slid the tail once on a sharp turn and it goes over everything from rocks and small branches to big cracks in the pavement. I was definitely way more stoked on dog boarding once I had the mountainboard... once I wasn't scared for my life. It's the best feeling to just be able to cruise and let the dog do the work. The main reason I want to go electric is so the dog doesn't have to work as hard and we can ride for longer.

On another note, I tried the front truck out backward and it was ok.... But ok sucks when you're taking forever for something you want so bad so I figured out I can just remove a small amount of metal from the 3/16" plate only and redrill the four holes that connect the two pieces of metal together and voila! No more having to put the truck on backward. I figure a jigsaw should work on 3/16" aluminum for the small amount I have to cut. It sucks that the mount wasn't right from the start, but I'm a still a lot closer to riding than I was a week ago.

 

[torqueboards]

Nice that's a pretty neat mountain board with brakes. I didn't think about that but that's perfect for dog walking. I've always thought of taking the dog on the electric longboard but without the braking I would think he would throw me off. Will be looking into a mountain board with brakes and see how cheap I can get one. Then maybe later on I'll make it an electric one and keep the brakes.

 

[LostMD]

Another Floridian! sweet! Are you anywhere near the 727 area?

 

[Raja's Dad]

I'm 386, near daytona, definitely no mountains or even hills anywhere close. Where are you near? I want to take my mountainboard to Clairmont, I've seen some big hills there.

 

[Raja's Dad]

After a long hiatus, I have finally picked this project up again and bought everything I need to get riding . I have made some progress over the past week and am hopefully getting close to finishing my board. Still left is to fix the motor sprocket to the motor shaft, mount the esc, and connect either a servo tester or microcontroller between the hall throttle and the esc. Here are some pics of what I have done so far.