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Me too bro, meeee too.

Lol I have barely posted any shorts

This is a DIY build of mine, I call it SR-71 Bluebird, you can find the build thread on the Esk8.news forum!

Haha yeah I actually did just test this the other day and it tops out at only 23. Just felt faster bc of the dkp

Keep an eye out for the MAD 125mm wheels coming soon!

I would love to get my hands on some of those to try!

Madwheels v2 video coming next week 😉 can't wait for the 125mm ones!

​@fujio001 cannot wait!

@@fujio001 for god sake, when? i am going to have a shop full of wheels by the end of it.🙃

Hi, it's my DIY board that I built in 2017, just recently replaced the battery to start doing wheel videos again. There's a forum thread on Esk8News forum, you can search "SR-71 Bluebird"

@@RBEMotion perfect thank you! :)

Thanks for watching! I think they're pretty sweet so far!

Thank you! I agree, especially with how efficient it is. Time will tell on durability and user reports though. Hope they don't have any delam issues.

Woohoo! They are pretty sweet.

Thanks for watching!

I used 12 awg for that, which is admittedly slightly overkill, but I planned to charge with up to 20a at times, so it wasn't a big deal to oversize.

It worked just fine, and has continued to for the other packs I've used braid on. Also, fwiw, I've improved my technique since I built this and can do braid much faster. This was the first braid pack I did.

@@RBEMotion new video on braided pack anytime?

They are lights that I sell at pevcomponents.com - I haven't advertised them yet due to time constraints but they support a number of trucks, and run off the battery on the board.

Haha definitely. Having ridden both I can notice a significant difference. The N3 is much more controllable even at 100% acceleration curve, while still being incredibly quick.

Yep, you were right the whole time. It was too jerky for most people. I think we are so used to doing acceleration tests and testing new setups that our own testing feedback from myself and our board testers was blurred. We also get used to these imperfections in throttle curves and so on. But after listening to your feedback and others we went back to the drawing board. Now the acceleration curve is smoother without the board being slower per say, and out of the box, the acceleration speed up line is at 40% even in S+.

@@RBEMotion Keep doing this type of reviews please as well as your MAMBA and other bits. Love genuine reviews and not a selling influencer. 😒😒

@@acedeckboards You guys make probably the best looking, powerful if needed to be boards and keep upgrading, updating which is awesome.

@@skfunk4550 I don't intend to stop - but I do want to be able to get more data on my sheets and try to reach a wider audience. Need to think about how to achieve that

Thank you for the feedback and glad you enjoyed!

I agree! I was quite impressed at how far it was able to go. This is the longest I've ever gone on a board in a single range test. Big battery, big range, I suppose. Yeah, not sure about that. Must be some weird throttle filtering going on or something. I notice it more because I'm so used to VESC boards.

The lag is something we have fixed in our new batches of boards., Though it only noticeable when doing acceleration jumps (flick up and release). Most ESCS have that as a feature so that when going very fast and releasing the throttle uphill for exemple, you don't get a sudden slow down that jumps you forward because of the deceleration If you push the remote, then release it as you would normally, it's simply not there. Not that this is an excuse, but it won't impact you in normal riding situations, even high speed. In the situation where you do like to flick the throttle and release it, you will notice it slightly. When racing, it becomes more apparent. That's why we got rid of it since Esk8con.

@@acedeckboards great to hear it's been addressed/fixed! 👏🏽👏🏽

I did not in fact mention carving, thanks for pointing that out. It carves alright. In my opinion, carving on TKP is not as fun as it is on RKP or DKP. This can be helped a bit with bushings, and it does carve alright, but at the end of the day, its personal preference. I'm much more of a straight-liner that commutes rather than group rides, but I give it maybe a 6/10 on carvability. The N3 only ships right now with the 3gear Element 4.0 gear drive. It has been great in my experience thus far, and sounds pretty nice. AS far as loudness goes, this will be significantly louder than DD. I've ridden a couple DD boards and they're all dead silent. However, it is a pleasant sound in my opinion, and is not obnoxious.

​@@RBEMotion I think that is up to rider riding style as well, and, and the bushing and bushing washer setup. TKPs are universally great for carving. And its a big focus when designing ours. You also mention the dead center with TKPs, this is not a characteristic of TKPs per say, but mainly barrel bushings, and the washers they are fitted with.. RKP and TKPs have the same center behavior. It's just that most TKPS, including ours and the ONSRA ones you have tried come with tall bushing washers by default, which are good for semi beginners to have a stable rider. But it also means it takes a little more effort to squeeze that bearing and change its shape when turning. The reason that a somewhat dead center is good for less experienced riders, is that when they're going at high speed and there is a debris on the road that raises a wheel, then the bushing acts more as a suspension. A super twitchy center means that the board can easily over react to small road imperfections and start a speed wobble. Swapping to flat washers or just flipping the washers that comes with the board so that they are on the flat side with no walls, greatly improves the center sensibility, and the turning radius, of course, especially with some nice riptide bushings. RKPs are not great for carving. They are simply easier to carve with, offering a very simple linear ride and smooth changes of direction, but trying to get tighter curves and fast changes of direction will be very difficult. DKPs are not great carving trucks either, they just allow beginners to get these tighter lines without much effort. TKPs is a great balance of improved stability and rider involvement, with tighter and more reacting turning behaviors than RKP. The main goal when making the N3 was to make it a great carving machine and so far the feedback on the carving from customers have been very positive. But not everyone gets the same impressions and yours are just as valuable, Ryan!

Please check our reply to Ryan in the comment below, regarding the carving :)

@@acedeckboards acedeckboard thank you for such a detailed informative reply! I'm checking some of your boards on your website right now 👌

@@acedeckboardsI’d luv to get the N3. Was soo nice riding at esk8con. Can’t thank u guys enough for gettin me my new x1 motor even though it was discontinued. Great customer service and great boards. Keep doin what your doing💯🔥💯.

Lol thanks for watching. I do understand where you're coming from, being a DIY guy myself. I've had a really hard time finding any boards with hobbywing or Lingyi that are able to deliver the power quite as smooth as VESC. As for the acceleration, out of the box, it is turned down quite a bit, even in S+ mode. There were complaints about how violent the N1 was when it released, and how it was "unrideable" because of the throttle response. I presume the changed settings on the N3 are partly due to that (my performance testing on it is at 100% throttle setting). Anyway, the throttle wheel could be better, it is a bit loose. As for the trucks, I think that is a valid criticism as well, as soon as you're over 30mph, it becomes a bit scary. I haven't found the right riptide combo yet, but maybe its out there.

It's a valid criticism that both yourself and Ryan are making, and that is the thumb wheel behavior. It's a lot better than it used to be, and much better than most prebuilt, but it is not yet VESC level, though it's almost there. However we don't believe there is any non vesc- board out there with better throttle control, mapping and smoother acceleration curves, since we upgraded and refined our firmware earlier this year. We would love to swap to VESC, but for mass production, there is just no VESC that is stable enough for us to make that swap, although MakerX is getting there, and we're keeping an eye on it. Especially for us to have better features like smart reverse, among other things. Regarding acceleration, while it's smoother than our N1, it is still one of the fastest acceleration boards out there. It just doesn't jolt you like it used to. The first 5mph are much more manageable, and there is much more mid end torque than before. A smooth acceleration curve might feel slower than a board that jolts you forward off the line, when it is actually faster. Regarding the setup, I would be surprised if it was focused on stability for track day. Especially with TKPs which are not ideal for racing, (though some people took the N3 at the top of the advanced times at esk8con), you want to get them to be as nimble as you can for some of these sharp turns. For the 30mph instability, we've had very different feedback from riders who told us they can have it full throttle and feel super stable, even without less than satisfactory stock bushings (that have been upgraded since this review). I think if you're used to riding RKPs and channel trucks, it takes some getting used to, just like going back to DKP after a while, it will feel absolutely unusable. We've also specifically designed these trucks to have a tighter turning radius than our previous TKPS, so they are a little less stable in that sense, if you don't put in the work or know how to keep a board stable. In the age of over tightened trucks, 3 links, and now dampeners, I believe we are spoiled when it comes to stability, and we often forget how to control boards on TKPs or other traditional truck systems, where rider skill plays a major part. Thats why some riders with DKPs loose as a goose end up doing well in racing, even when there is big straight lines.

@@acedeckboards Really solid professional response! Glad to hear you guys are looking into the maker, I only just switched to one and after a bit of a learning curve with the programming I think I hit the sweet spot for it. VESC based boards, especially sold by retailers would definitely need to be programmed a certain way rather than out of the box so would also be a pretty expensive process to get units out just in paying staff for their time programming them, so the work you've done with this esc is admirable when considering the overall performance as a result. Suppose what you've done with increasing turning radius for the trucks may have affected the feeling of stability but as someone who has next to no experience with tkp trucks (aside from one other board DIY board back to back with the N3 running a very similar bushing setup that day) I won't say it was unstable, I was comfortably handling 30mph on your board, just had a lot of movement I wasn't used to so clearly quite a carvey board if anything. The other board I felt I could get up to 40mph and wasn't far off doing if it wasn't speed limited to just below that. The track we're using is a gokart track with a 145m straight line being the longest and overall less emphasis on corners so stability will be key here on race day as opposed to more technical tracks like Esk8con had. Will say altogether I did like the N3! If I weren't spoiled by custom builds it would be high up on my list of prebuilt boards to look at atm! Hosting group rides in Brisbane/Gold Coast, Australia I do get asked about board recommendations a lot since most of the locals are used to Evolve and looking to move on from them not long after buying their boards so will definitely include your brand in my list of recommendations, the NYX has been a popular upgrade for a few Gold Coast riders now as well.

Are you talking about the 105mm dadbod wheels or the smaller ones? I think either should work, so long as you have the kegel pulley.

I get where you're coming from, and I'm pretty sure I know which board you're talking about. I do agree to some extent that there are some similar looking features, but they way it installs is completely different, and it's unique in its own way.

Thanks mate!

Haha yeah it was decently rough, went down super fast. Thanks for watching man, was great to meet you too!

Good times!

If you're talking about the 3 link trucks, from Stooge raceboards, you can technically put street wheels on them, but you'll need to use 10x22mm ones, which can be a little weak. As for the width, you can adjust them a bit since the axle length is so long, but you'll need a bunch of spacers.

@@RBEMotion great thanks! For clarifying. I saw you setting up the rpm from another video, cannot remember the brand. But you screwed the axles in. Just to clarify, the three pin cannot be unscrewed like that and screw on other short ones like with those rpk. I can’t find the names of those rpk. I didn’t bookmark. Boardnamics!!! That’s the one. With boardnamics you can screw in shorter or longer ones.

@@HandymanCreativeSolutions Yeah that's right, boardnamics trucks you can screw in the axles. Onsra trucks you can change them too but only if you have 12mm axles for some reason

Thanks! I hope I can do even better next year.

Thanks for watching, it was my worst yet, at the time.

I use a KWeld with a lipo pack.

He's a cool dude! Was great to finally meet him and the Acedeck team in person!

That's a good point. It is true that the gear drives are incredibly small. I think if you were to run "street" wheels, the smallest you could do is 105 or 110, but that's pushing it for sure. You'd need to figure out how to adapt as well, or purchase a separate adapter for the wheels, since they use a unique quick disconnect system. The other issue is the axle size, you'd need 22x10 bearings to run em on there, which are not as strong.

@@RBEMotion good points. Thanks you Sir Ryan

I do actually, they work great. I have a bit of footage with em on there, they are totally compatible, as long as you use tubes.

Thanks man! Indeed, I put a TON of time into these. Stay tuned for some new ones in the near future!

So true! They really did.

The N1 deck is my favorite part of it, the rest is just a solid board. I think the N3 has some good ESC improvements too, but I agree, VESC is just better.

You'd need to carry it on in the passenger compartment, and would likely want to put it in the overhead bin. Be sure to check your specific airline rules!

You mean like the trampa dampas? I'm not sure how much of a difference that will make, but it would be an interesting idea to try.

@@RBEMotion refering to shocks that have oil pressure dampaning like EV Tech Steven is doing with his Z3

The Z1 truly shines with bindings :) It is a mountain board, after all! Fit some bindings on their and the white bushings and your turning radius can be tighter than DKP.

@@acedeckboards I have binding in NYXZ1 and they work great. I want a dkp option for the Nomad and Ares boards. I need that tight turning radius. I'm probably gonna buy an omni board because of the dkp option

I'm not really personally a big DKP fan, I'd try messing around with different bushing combinations before jumping on DKP. In addition, you could try flipping over the washers so they are flat instead of cupped.

@@RBEMotion I love DKP way tighter turns and Im not into going fast in straight lines. I ride rough terrain and make sketchy tight turns

Thanks for watching! I am super positive about Acedeck in the community as well.

Haha no worries man! I appreciate you doing the interview! We got a lot of great info out there for the fans! You did great!

I have a nomad n1 gear drive with the 14s4p Samsung battery. Gotta say, the best purchase I've made in the last year. 600+ miles of fun so far with the only hiccup being a flat tire from a kiawe thorn. It is truly a pleasure. Planning on an upgrade with whatever version of nomad or nyx that you have available in another year and a half or so. Thanks for a fantastic product.

@@lordirek1 That's awesome to hear! I've been really enjoying my N3 as well, review coming soon!

I use Trendbox Black Hot Glue, it's on Amazon.

That's definitely an interesting idea! I would be super interested to see how Acedeck does a flexible board as well.

I've now added a link for convenience, however, it is the first link on Google :)

Thanks for watching!

There's a small cable that joins the pack between the series 5 and series 6 groups, it's in a chapter in the middle of the video. As for insulation, I have some 3D printed plastic bits on the outside and in the middle that insulate the halves from each other.

@@RBEMotion OK I am sorry. Maybe I rushed through it and didn’t see whatever you did in the middle. I’m gonna watch this again thank you thank you

@@HandymanCreativeSolutions Of course man, happy to help