Hi All,
I'm new but I've been lurking this amazing website for quite some time now. I have decided to build an e-freeboard (http://freebord.com/).
As you can imagine is quite hard to motorize the caster wheels. So my idea is to put electric motors on 2 outer wheels on different sides of the board and control them with a remote. I could use them either all the time (with some fancy control for inverting direction), or just to gain speed.
Since I currently have low funds I wanted to only put 1 motor and basically use it as an alternative to pushing when I'm leaning on that side. Then add the other motor and an maybe a gyroscope (to choose which one to turn on) when I have more money.
Here are the specs:
Deck+Trucks: Freeboard Bamboo Deck+ G3 Trucks
ESC: VESC
Battery: Zippy 6S1P 5000mAh (I want to be able to cover at least 15km, so this might be upgraded)
Mounts: Enertion Mounts
Remote: Wii Nunchuck
I still have to decide which motor and wheels to use:
Motor: Should I go with a HobbyKing motor (I was looking at the SK3 - 6374-149kv) or with the Enertion R-Spec2.0 190kv. Aside from weight their specs are quite similar. Has anyone had experiences with both of them? Since I won't be constantly using it differences in unpowered drag might really make the difference.
Wheels: I'd like to mount Freeboard's Da-Blue which seems to be the best wheels for sliding. However these are 80mm wheels. Do you guys think I should opt for something bigger like an 85 mm?
I'm new but I've been lurking this amazing website for quite some time now. I have decided to build an e-freeboard (http://freebord.com/).
As you can imagine is quite hard to motorize the caster wheels. So my idea is to put electric motors on 2 outer wheels on different sides of the board and control them with a remote. I could use them either all the time (with some fancy control for inverting direction), or just to gain speed.
Since I currently have low funds I wanted to only put 1 motor and basically use it as an alternative to pushing when I'm leaning on that side. Then add the other motor and an maybe a gyroscope (to choose which one to turn on) when I have more money.
Here are the specs:
Deck+Trucks: Freeboard Bamboo Deck+ G3 Trucks
ESC: VESC
Battery: Zippy 6S1P 5000mAh (I want to be able to cover at least 15km, so this might be upgraded)
Mounts: Enertion Mounts
Remote: Wii Nunchuck
I still have to decide which motor and wheels to use:
Motor: Should I go with a HobbyKing motor (I was looking at the SK3 - 6374-149kv) or with the Enertion R-Spec2.0 190kv. Aside from weight their specs are quite similar. Has anyone had experiences with both of them? Since I won't be constantly using it differences in unpowered drag might really make the difference.
Wheels: I'd like to mount Freeboard's Da-Blue which seems to be the best wheels for sliding. However these are 80mm wheels. Do you guys think I should opt for something bigger like an 85 mm?