Here are bunch of posts about my journey making an electric skateboard. Definitely a trial an error in the DIY experience experience but it was fun learning about the different aspects. Hopefully you’ll learn from my mistakes.
For those looking to calculated the approximate top speed of your e-board I’ve adapted an excel sheet. Download here: Electric-Longboard-Speed-Calculator 2019 Note: Going at 15mph or 245kph feels fast. Check out the electronic parts your need
*I’ve update this blog post so many times it feels strange but here is are some of the components and cost that it takes to build you’re own electronic skateboard.* While you could got for a motor in wheel hub motor option explain a belt and drive model because at this stage they’re better. Motor: …
Electric skateboard component list [2018]- the electronics Read More »
What can I say… I’ve been busy. I’ve finally got around to update this blog with an update on my board and setup. Here are some pictures. What can I say. I’m not neat. I’ve been meaning to tidy up the bottom of my board and replace the dodge double sided velcro but I’ve never …
Once again I tried to mount the motor without welding….. And after try screws and epoxy I’ve come to the conclusion that you really need to weld the plate to the trucks. Someone suggested that I try the epoxy “JB weld” which is supposed to be a super strong epoxy (Check out some your tube …
My new receiver arrived and I’ve stuck it all together and taken it for a spin. I used the programming card to set for slow acceleration and only 50% total power. The acceleration was very smooth and it was much nicer to ride. I will however have to bump it up over 50% power as …
So for those keeping up know that after going to a long test ride I fried my HobbyKing Red Brick 125A ESC 🙁 I then purchase a new beefier 150A esc. At which point I realized the receiver was dead. I got the new ESC, wheels(cause I wanted to) and receiver. The new receiver just arrived and have spent a …
Still waiting for the new receiver but my abec 11 wheels arrived.
You guys might know everything mighn’t have turned out perfectly with the prototype but I thought I would add some more pictures of putting the prototpye together. The photos came in newest to oldest so start at the bottom
So it was sunny this weekend and I got out on my board. Good and bad. The stats are below. Turns out I broke it. After 3.8 km and plenty of battery juice left it just stopped. Something electrical is broken and I don’t know exactly what, just yet. The motor is beeping at me …
So took my board for a test ride yesterday afternoon. A couple of things of note: Top speed: got it to 12mph (20kph) at about 1/4 throttle I wasn’t game enough to take it past that. (I need a better GPS speed app than the one I downloaded). Basically the motor is a beast. This …
