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I built a similar board except I used the flipsky 4.2 vesc and two Milwaukee m18 batteries in series so you can separate them for faster charging and carry spares to swap when needed
Fiy you cant just plus the watts og the motors to get the usage watts. There is a calculation that makes it lesser. Cant remember it just remember when making
How's the flipsky motor and esc doing? I've had really poor luck with their FESC 6.6 and only have used torqueboards' 170kv 6380, which I love, and I'm at the edge of the "off road pit". Let me know if you believe I can trust the flipsky gear listed. Thanks!
Actually, I wound up going with a different build for now (street build instead of AT) using Ownboard parts. So I've yet to put flipsky stuff through their paces, so I can't give it the Mike in the Woods seal of approval yet :(
I don't think it works like you think. You need to be facing dead on to the sun, and in reality that panel will 1) serve as a massive drag brake and 2) be extremely inefficient. If you do bring solar for charging, your best to take a zero day to spend it charging up your battery.
I'm not sure what calculator you are using for your batteries but 11p on a 3 Ah cell is 33 Ah total. If you are going to charge from empty to full with only a 4 amp charger that's going to take over 8 hours. This is why in my opinion high capacity boards should be on lipo packs as you can charge them at 1c or higher. Meaning if you have a high enough amp charger the time goes down to an hour.
I've since switched it up and decided on a more modular approach to the batteries--check out my more recent video: th-cam.com/video/5J_hWW8YUVY/w-d-xo.html
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Good luck with the trip
Glad I found you channel. I have plans like you just to drive through several countries in europe
Hello from Australia love the video...subbed to see the rest.
Lots of skatepacking/esk8 content to come! I have a playlist of my other esk8 content, you should check it out
Excited to see more 👍👍👍
Cheers! In a month, maybe I'll be able to drop another episode of parts unboxing
Cool man. Liked and subbed. Interesting build. Love the goal
Cool stuff man!
I built a similar board except I used the flipsky 4.2 vesc and two Milwaukee m18 batteries in series so you can separate them for faster charging and carry spares to swap when needed
Fiy you cant just plus the watts og the motors to get the usage watts. There is a calculation that makes it lesser. Cant remember it just remember when making
Looking forward to updates on the build and trips!
Also, where did you end up sourcing your 18650 cells?
I haven't solidified a source yet, but the one I'm looking at is US-based
How's the flipsky motor and esc doing? I've had really poor luck with their FESC 6.6 and only have used torqueboards' 170kv 6380, which I love, and I'm at the edge of the "off road pit". Let me know if you believe I can trust the flipsky gear listed. Thanks!
Actually, I wound up going with a different build for now (street build instead of AT) using Ownboard parts. So I've yet to put flipsky stuff through their paces, so I can't give it the Mike in the Woods seal of approval yet :(
Need a solar backpack for charging on the move bro. Ima build a felxi panel into my pack and have 2 plug n play pelican packs
I don't think it works like you think. You need to be facing dead on to the sun, and in reality that panel will 1) serve as a massive drag brake and 2) be extremely inefficient. If you do bring solar for charging, your best to take a zero day to spend it charging up your battery.
When do you think you will have the board built?
Not sure at this point. Hopefully sooner rather than later. I'm currently 10% funded the base cost of the build
What belt did you use?
I didn't wind up doing this build, so that's still an open-ended question
Is there a reason you chose lion vs LiPo?
I need capacity and reliability over high amp discharge
I'm not sure what calculator you are using for your batteries but 11p on a 3 Ah cell is 33 Ah total. If you are going to charge from empty to full with only a 4 amp charger that's going to take over 8 hours. This is why in my opinion high capacity boards should be on lipo packs as you can charge them at 1c or higher. Meaning if you have a high enough amp charger the time goes down to an hour.
I've since switched it up and decided on a more modular approach to the batteries--check out my more recent video:
th-cam.com/video/5J_hWW8YUVY/w-d-xo.html