@ foildrive you can technically take that same pack and rate it to just charge to a lower threshold with a different charger. We built in headroom into our swapable eskate packs so people could still regen break with a full charged battery. A lot more work to certify a charger and battery for that so maybe not worth it for you but it’s possible using the same architecture. We were certified for airline travel.
We know it must be hard to deal with the travel market but very important- those of us with Fliteboard or Lift can’t ever travel with them but your system will allow that and with any light conventional board and mast!
i would think the e-bike world is quite a bit larger than foil. I think with bike folks often ship their bike by air and their batteries by ground. of course that doesn’t work when you are crossing an ocean.
Iam a Gen 2 owner and iam running the max power battery, I have a question. After about 30 minutes my battery is 30% on the controller. However when I squeeze the trigger to go full power the controller says I have now 8 % battery life left. Which is the number that I have to keep in mind? I don’t want to kill the battery in the water so I hope you can tell me which number is the most important :)
The controller is a reference point only, you'll notice as soon as you come off power that percentage will jump back to 30%. It does it as it is reading telemetry data and when you pull the trigger the controller is trying to read data that is changing you as pull the trigger. The most accurate reading will always be from a battery checker as it is a direct source. When you're in the water, in this case 30% is accurate. Always best to check the percentage when you're stopped and have given the battery 30 seconds or so to normalise it's voltage again.
It is not recommended, the battery will protect itself to avoid totally ruining your cells however if you make habit of running it to 0% you will degrade the top end performance of the battery much faster than typical. We do not recommend running your battery below 10% charge to preserve the longevity of your battery. You should also never leave your battery plugged in when not in use, especially at this low percentage. When plugged in and not operational, the system will keep looking for a signal and could result in damage to the batteries performance.
@@foildrive Good to know, thanks for that and will do so moving forward. Only a few times down to 0% so far so think she is fine. One other question then, is it ok to charge up to 100% and leave it lets say for a week? Generally getting out at least weekly, but tend to charge it to full and leave in the battery bag until the next session. Thanks!
@@foildrive Got it, will do! One last...on the discharge how would you recommend getting it down to that 40-60% from a full charge? Dont see a discharge setting on the charger and assume running it dry out of the water is not good for it. Thanks for any suggestion and all the info on keeping this puppy as tip top as possible.
@ foildrive you can technically take that same pack and rate it to just charge to a lower threshold with a different charger. We built in headroom into our swapable eskate packs so people could still regen break with a full charged battery. A lot more work to certify a charger and battery for that so maybe not worth it for you but it’s possible using the same architecture. We were certified for airline travel.
Keep up the great work, the technology you have developed for the foiling community is ground breaking.
Can’t wait for the travel batteries! Great outlook!
We know it must be hard to deal with the travel market but very important- those of us with Fliteboard or Lift can’t ever travel with them but your system will allow that and with any light conventional board and mast!
Exactly 👍
That's it! We are planning on adding travel batteries but the engineering will take a little bit longer to perfect everything into such a tight space!
Just in time for next season!
Hello when are the travel batterie please?
Any progress on travel batteries? I want to buy another battery, and am wondering if I should wait for the travel battery…
i would think the e-bike world is quite a bit larger than foil. I think with bike folks often ship their bike by air and their batteries by ground. of course that doesn’t work when you are crossing an ocean.
Iam a Gen 2 owner and iam running the max power battery, I have a question. After about 30 minutes my battery is 30% on the controller. However when I squeeze the trigger to go full power the controller says I have now 8 % battery life left. Which is the number that I have to keep in mind? I don’t want to kill the battery in the water so I hope you can tell me which number is the most important :)
The controller is a reference point only, you'll notice as soon as you come off power that percentage will jump back to 30%. It does it as it is reading telemetry data and when you pull the trigger the controller is trying to read data that is changing you as pull the trigger.
The most accurate reading will always be from a battery checker as it is a direct source. When you're in the water, in this case 30% is accurate. Always best to check the percentage when you're stopped and have given the battery 30 seconds or so to normalise it's voltage again.
Hey, is it ok to run her down to 0% limp mode? I usually run it down all the way and back on the charger within an hour or so of using it. Thanks!
It is not recommended, the battery will protect itself to avoid totally ruining your cells however if you make habit of running it to 0% you will degrade the top end performance of the battery much faster than typical.
We do not recommend running your battery below 10% charge to preserve the longevity of your battery.
You should also never leave your battery plugged in when not in use, especially at this low percentage. When plugged in and not operational, the system will keep looking for a signal and could result in damage to the batteries performance.
@@foildrive Good to know, thanks for that and will do so moving forward. Only a few times down to 0% so far so think she is fine.
One other question then, is it ok to charge up to 100% and leave it lets say for a week? Generally getting out at least weekly, but tend to charge it to full and leave in the battery bag until the next session. Thanks!
@@daviddipilato9620 A week is fine but best practice any longer is to discharge for the same reason. Keeping it between 40-60% for storage is perfect!
@@foildrive Got it, will do! One last...on the discharge how would you recommend getting it down to that 40-60% from a full charge? Dont see a discharge setting on the charger and assume running it dry out of the water is not good for it. Thanks for any suggestion and all the info on keeping this puppy as tip top as possible.
Do they actually check Wh battery?
Sometimes you'll fly right through, other times they'll deep dive into all of the specs. Depends who you get on the day.
Can you not just round down the number and write on the tag “approx 160 Wh” ?
Rules are there for a reason and we don't make it when it comes to this one unfortunately...