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Finally finished my electric longboard, extremely pleased with the end result.

Did some tests with it, 30km range and +-40km/h top speed

Top view

And the remote :)

@ExcellentSP Figured I shouldn't reinvent the wheel 😁

Neat! Where's the battery ?

@thecritic it's hidden inside the board itself, covered by protective glass fiber 😊

Ah, thought so! Awesome!

On a dropped board?
How did you manage the turning and height of the battery?
Thought about doing my own but I prefer dropped boards and couldn't come up with a plan about that points. Excluding top mounted battery, that's meh.
Does it break?

@Kimmax flat LiPo cells, arranged in a way that allows quite a bit of bending, with enough soft padding around them. The deck itself actually became stronger than when it was new thanks to the fiberglass reinforcing

Sexy! Video of it in action?

Looks like your going to have a lot of fun!

OMG! You could totally sell this and get lots of money!

That thing is sick!!

How is the ground clearance below the engine?

How does the drive mechanism work? That shit look efficient af

Yes man! either make a long step by step guide on how you did this (open-source the design) or start your business and profit! And of course when you do the latter... Make em hackable!! 😁

@user11001 I'm hoping to get a crowd funding campaign going for this soon. Still got a long road ahead though

@amsghwdp soon :) on my way to work. Here's how the remote functions. Apologies for the bad quality, limited to a gif

Dude I am planning on making something like that can you send me source for remote if you want. Or else can you tell me how you made it?

What remote is that?

Always wanted to make one myself. This seems really awesome!

Epic nice dude

How much did the parts cost you?

I bet -40km/h is the most fun :D

Plz wear yo helmet

@qbasic16 most definitely!

I've been working on the final product in my free time past few weeks. It's taking shape *happy*

Where do I sign up to be a beta tester?

@chzbgr same

Holy sh*t this is awesome =O

That motor looks dangerously low

This is awesome. Signing for a beta tester? 🙂