Motor arrived….

So my motor has arrived in the post today. I ended up getting the little beast NTM 2665W With some expensive postage $62 So I’m now doing up a template for the mount.    Not a huge amount of clearance here Now the position of the motor is going to be dependant on the pulley …

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LeGrange F1 Trucks & skateboard – kickstarter

So it looks like we have another electric skateboard kickstarter project. What’s that at least 4 this year ? RedRock Boardshop is looking to raise an ambitions $100,000 and with 3 days left and $88000 shy it doesn’t look like taking off which is a shame.  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redrockboardshop/fully-customizable-electric-skateboard-w-the-lagra So what are they offering. “Universal Motorized Skateboard …

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Boosted boards electric skateboard – engadget photos

So the lovely people on engadget.com have had a chance to get their hands on the boosted board and take a ton of close up photos of the drive train. While the article itself isn’t the most enlightening for someone embarking on a self build the photos are: http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/12/boosted-board-electric-skateboard/ Now I’ve just ripped these photos off …

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A cheap deck

I decided to by a cheap longboard. Why, because the cheapest longboard deck I could find on ebay was $60 and I stumbled across a complete longboard on ebay for $60. So I thought to myself. I’ll buy it and see what happens. i can always use it as a bit of a first round …

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Boosted boards electric skateboard

So I just saw the video and kickstarter for boosted boards. Looks like a nice minimal board. They’re using and interesting two engine format and keeping the batteries (and skateboard range) to a minimum. http://www.boostedboards.com/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/170315130/boosted-boards-the-worlds-lightest-electric-vehicl One of the things I like about this project is that begins they’re using some really nice base components …

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