New belt attached
Just finished off mounting the new belt/cog. Pictures and test drive to come.
Vitalie’s Eboard
So one of the readers of this blog Vitalie wanted to share the details of his build. Its a fantastic looking board and very neat execution. The mounting is something that I haven’t seen before but works well and doesn’t require any welding which is good. Vitalie has provided the following details for those interested. …
Re-working begins
Okay so the so I had some issues with the prototype (small cog slipping on the motor, stripping the belt and lowish top speed). Most of the problems stem from poor cog and belt selection, so its time to rethink these. As always I’ve been looking over other peoples sucessful projects. Youtube clip of longboard Endless …
Ride testing continues
UPDATE So I’ve just been for another ride after tightening the belt and realised that the belt isn’t slipping. What is slipping is the small cog on the shaft of the motor. The small cog has two small allen key screw in the side which screw and put presure on the motor shaft. The idea …
First ride :(
So the board is moving and moving with me on it however I can’t say its working fantastically as I hoped. The belt seems to be slipping a bit when under pressure. i.e. With me on it up hill. Video of it all working: http://youtu.be/PAir1Ci-CaM Will get some video of me on it when it’s not …
We have lift off
After the electronic arrived the week and the new motor cog on I finally got all the parts together and I got ti moving. I’ve made the motor mount holes a little larger so I can try and pull the belt tighter. I didn’t have any good straps to hold everything onto the board so …
Electronics arrived
So finally my package arrived from hobbyking.com. A reminder that I did order this on the 18 March. So 3.5 weeks later the parts have arrived. Now what I’ve realised is that I’m missing some connectors for the ESC to connect to the battery and a battery charger. So the assembly is going to …
Mounting the motor (continues)
So I finally got around to try mounting the motor on the weekend and it was a little trickier than I thought. My plan was to screw the mounting bracket into the truck with some metal screws. The cogs I needed to start by attaching the large cog the the wheel. The hole in …
Endless Sphere project
Thought I might highlight a project on Endless Sphere that a commenter (Jacob, cheers mate) gave me the heads up about. http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=47176&start=75 Really great stuff. The guy is a CNC operator from the UK whose done up some some motor mounting and cog pieces for the abec 11 wheels. The most importantly he’s got some …
Parts ordered
So I finally got a day off work to go to the hobby shop to further investigate the cogs and belts. After hours of looking over their incomprehensible website (www.smallparts.com.au) the guy in the store was able to find the right gear for me within minutes. Only problem being he has to order it in. Hence its …