How to Make an Electric Longboard - Part 2
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- In this video I am going to be showing you how to make an electric longboard that can go at 25 kmph and 10km per charge. This was such a cool project to make so I hope that you enjoy it!
Part 1: • How to Make an Electri...
Lipo battery infomation: • Lipo Batteries Explained
Parts:
2x3s battery www.hobbyking.c...
Motor: www.hobbyking.c...
Remote: www.hobbyking.c...
XT90 connectors: www.hobbyking.c...
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For me, this is the coolest thing you've ever made
Looks good. I noticed that you only have one balance lead plugged into the charger. The way youre charging the batteries the one that doesnt have the balance leads plugged in runs the risk of under, or worse, overcharging. I suggest, if you want to charge both batteries at the same time you either get a dual charger or another singlem
Dude I sit on nails for your part3. Great work. I might copycat your build. This looks like a fun projekt but I lack the experiance when it comes to electronics. Big thanks for your work and please please keep it up. Im aspecially interested in your bike chain idea. Again big thanks and much respect!
you're among the geniuses in this world
Really nice! How long do you think the electrical parts will last?
A really fun watch. Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to see what you do to "upgrade" and improve on this. Keep it up!
You need to tin the wires first. You can't afford bad connections in high vibration environments and over time the joints will fatigue (+use heatshrink for every joint as well as silicon/hot glue to reinforce, also very inexpensive) Here is a link to how to properly solder xt60s 😀
best link ever, 10/9 dolphin stars
FliteTest IS the best
you realize there isn't a link right ?
+Smokey the Bear it's in the replies below ( view all replies )
It's a chinese link dude, breaks down after 2 weeks.
It's awesom! Could you give me a link of ESC that you are going to use and good but not very pricey Li-Po charger that could charge two batterys at once? Thank you!
Hey man, i have an idea for a project. Do you think you could cast your own set of skateboard/longboard trucks? Like set a steel axle in the middle of a mold and pour aluminium around it or something, and have another mold for the baseplate?
Great vids! I really like your voice its calming.
Nice production and very well explained.
keep up the great content!
You have linked two different motors on either video. So which one would you recommend? New subscriber by the way.. Great video!
Love the end card!
hey, i really love your build, great job! I have a question, how did you monitor your battery? did you use a voltmeter/voltage monitor?
Hi! Your tutoriels are very cool! Can you give a cost of the entier project, since the longborad built? thank you and keep créative
thanks for the great videos, this video made me want to build a 2-seater electric dune buggy
Nice build, but I want to hear some feedback on the motor down the road. The problem with Outrunners I have heard on homemade and commercial boards is they are dead within about a month. They are so heavily vented and that dust, water and rocks get into them easily and the coils get chewed up in a hurry. You are the first person I have seen put a cover over the motor, interesting to see if your board last longer then others because of it.
I am building a couple of boards right now based on 2/3hp 12vdc brushed motors because they are sealed well and I have seen people use 1 hp 12-24vdc motors for go karts and wrack them up as equivalent to about 6.5hp gas motor as far as how the kart performs. I figured for a skateboard 2/3hp will do. If not, easily upgraded to a 1 hp motor. I am trying out Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries as well because they seem to be the best thing in batteries at the moment and found a great 50Ah 12v battery for a few hundred $ (Also, yes, big battery, I want to be able to ride it for several hours before the battery hits cut-off voltage). Thin, mounts under the board, same width as the deck, runs its entire length from front to rear truck, so I have to mount the motor behind the rear truck. The other thing I am doing is using a mountainboard for the base rather then a longboard with a set of MBS brakes, replacing one disc with an 80 tooth sprocket for #25 chain and an 11 tooth sprocket on the motor because I am not worried about having super top speed, I want it to have some grunt, so based on motor specs and gearing it should top out around 20km/h (Fast enough in my opinion, don't want speed wobbles). I went with chain to begin with on a gut feeling those belts would snap with too much frequency, sounds like I was right on that though!
I am hoping it turns out as well as yours seem to have already, but I really am curious about using out-runners, I just have heard many unfortunate stories about them simply because they are usually protected a bit better being inside an RC vehicle. Hopefully you can provide feedback down the road on yours, whether they survive, get weaker, or die completely. Definitely subbing so I can see more about this.
Also, just as an aside, if you are using 2 11.1v batteries in series for a 22.2v system, and a 192kv rated motor, and running a 3:1 ratio on a roughly 77mm (3 inch) diameter wheel, isn't top speed only about 20km/h, not 25 as stated in the description? And I am not entirely sure those are 77mm wheels, they look closer to 63mm (2.5 inch) or so. Not sure, just curious about specs of your setup with the outrunner.
I've been running a 147 KV brushless outrunner on my board for well over 200 miles. Going as strong as ever. The belts are pretty tough (and quiet). I just changed my first one out but it was probably good for another 200 miles.
Great video!! I would love to see more easy to follow videos like this.👍
very nice. just a little hint: if you want your connectors look proper, shrink tubes are your best friends.
Great video man, nicely done!
Really awesome build good job man
Are you going ro design a waterproof case for the electronics?
Very informative, looking forward to the upgrade video! 🤓
Where did u get those wires from at 3:43 ??? Do the colours show which is positive and negative or it doesn't matter?
great skeleton design for people to add onto/ make their own.
What size wheels are those? And what brand? Thanks alot :D
i like your jobs man
you are the best in my life
+TAOW is your motor still good because ive heard that rc motors dont like these sorts of environments
How do you charge the two battery. Like at charge rate and amp do you use.
Hi. Did you change belt drive to MTB chain drive?
Approximately how much did all of this cost u, mechanical and electrical
a suggestion for a good addition would be to add a small alternator to another wheel on your board (would be quite simple to build your own) connect it to your battery so while you're riding your board it could provide a steady charge to your board so that you can achieve further distances and not have to charge your battery's as often.
you have a 190kv motor that can to 3000w so does that mean that if you put a better battery with a higher voltage will it go faster??? i want to build one but the only think from stoping me is the battery idk anything about batteries
can i use one big 6s p1 c20 10000mah battery instead of combining two and will it work with the motor and faster safer to charge ?
Please for the love of God get some heat shrink tubing to isolate all the wires. Just put it on the wire before you solder the connection, then slide it over and heat it with a heat gun or lighter.
i agree, please use some heatshrink tubing, thats most likely why your esc stopped working, the wires must have shorted out. rc cars go through lots of vibrations, much more than a longboard. the vibration definitely did not kill the esc
+Roman Brutsky 100% agree. considering his mechanical ability those electrics are scary. dirt, dust, water and mud ain't gonna stop a good brushless system but wiring like that and metal battery clamps directly on lipo batteries . . . . . asking for trouble.
Damn, when are you going to update us? Really awesome series!
@taow when will we see the next electric longboard video?!
In the future, you can try to use hub motors eliminating the need for a belt and pulleys.
the esc where you buy?
Why are you not using a higher kv rated motor instead of an esc that can handel more voltage. as i can see you are using a 192kv (rounds per volt) i'll use a 320kv motor and i hope that the torque is still high enough to get me uphill but i think 1600watss should be fine but verry cool video
How many amps is your ESC rated for?
You sir are an awesome person
Yo Man U should do a part 3 showing what you've changed in it
use shrink tube instead of tape folks, looks cleaner and makes solder points stronger, consider pneumatic wheels
I am pretty sure you are aware by now, but having bigger wheels changes the gearing of the vehicle. With cars it's actually really important and car design usually starts at the wheels and chassis.
For clearance, get truck risers.
But bigger wheels still make it nicer to ride easier on numbs
Bumps
+Ryan Soltysiak actually wrong dude on longboards the bigger the better that's why Regular skateboards with only 52mm wheels are so slow for cruising. When you want speed on a longboard you would want 70mm or more
+Calvin Haslam Yes but larger wheels require more power to turn so the motor would be bogged down.
+John Doe I recommend 72mm wheels and a 1/2 riser
hi, just a sudgestion, i'm a bit into RC and i did check that motor it seem his best performances are achived with a 10 up to a 12s battery which will obviously make it quite fast (the motor is actually 192kv which will translate in 1920 theorical Rpm with a 10s) that should give you enough speed. But obviously you will need a better ESC for it. About the remote to have a better response you can use simple servocable passed trough the board and leading to a proportional switch that you can use directly with your foot... but this is just an idea :)
thanks, I have already purchased a much better esc after the last one broke and also a 3rd 3s battery so that I can have 9s to the motor which should increase the speed lots!
just be careful about the belt a better casing in case anything nasty goes in it if the motor is running fast anything could chop it or make it go off the axal by the way you did give me the inspiration to motorize my bike lol :D
a 10 s battery have 42v X 192kv =8064RPM
lol right sorry i counted the cells not the volts :P is 192x Volts not times cells stupid me thanks for the correction :)
8064 RPM would get you some serious speed wobbles, if you have the right wheel size... sometimes i've got some problems and i've got a motor with 6300 RPM and at the top speed i have to deal with it... (top speed 20mph / 32kmh)
Why only one wheel is connected motar wouldt be more effective to use both wheels for more power?
What if you added a dc motor with a blocking diode and used it as a generator to keep the batteries charged ?
I know it probably doesnt mean much to you, but i am seriously impressed by this project and your knowledge :)
thanks for making videos
He's following a guide, even down to the parts he linked.
if you use higher discharge rated lipos you will be able to draw more amps without needing a 3rd battery.
just going to mention the laginess of the ESC is not because it's cheap it's just because it does not have enough amps I do RC and HobbyKing is one of my favorite RC websites and that motor you're using is a big motor and can probably handle up to 10 s lipo what i success you do is get an ESC with a high amp rating like 200 amps or more that way the ESC won't be laggy and also I noticed that you're using electric tape on the connectors you should probably use something like heat shrink it's much better
Budget Friendly RC the moter that he is using us rated for 12s 80A so a 100Amp esc should be plenty
as a suggestion instead of electrical tape you should use heat shrink tubing
awesome! i built my own eskate board. how do you make the controller accelerate by the trigger because mine accelerates by the wheel on the side?
LOL your using the wrong channel on your receiver probably.
Thank you
Yeah np usually you'll have 2 channels on it labeled #1 and #2, just try swapping which one its on and see if it works.
+Jdog Awesome i tryed changing the channel it worked once but then i did again and it wouldnt work?
rebind it
Maybe this has already been said (I don't want to check all the comments ; ) ) but I would definitely make a cover for the battery. The cells are pretty much unprotected in the type of battery you are using and are easily damaged, so it would probably improve their life time quite a bit. And there is also a chance for them to explode...
how did you make the triangle connectors and where were those wires from? Thanks
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NinjahPuppy Thanks man!
how and where did you get the 3 way wiring thing that connects the two batteries?
he soldered it himself
Very nice!
U deserve soo many more subscribers than you have.
Keep up the good work. :D
Where Is part 3 (upgrade), I would love to see it
You may wanna add some heatshrink tubing to those connections. otherwise, this is awesome!
which motor have the good torque low kV rating has more torque ?
yes
When you talk about duel charging your batteries through the panel why do you only have one of the batteries fully connected to the panel? you are forgetting the other white 4s pin connector on the other battery. See 2:14
dude insulate those lipo's cables! You're gonna start a nice fire running those like that
what charger did you use link plzz
Man, What is the time of the battery life?
yes I'm enjoy this video.
I have a question what if it rains and there's rain water on the floor
Wood the electrics u know......explode
I really want to build this just wondering about safety
Or if you hit a bump would the "bump" just destroy your electrics and stuff
i love gread scott
Just gonne say 1 thing. You can make this board twise as strong and fast bij getting 2 6s to 12s. The moter that you got can take way more then you give it
could you explain specifically to me how it works
so cool!!
ay
+Nuclear_ Nube ayyy
it's a lot safer to charge the battery's in series, or just seperate, paralel charging can only be done if they discharge paralel too, otherwise it can be dangerous, not all cells will drain equally.
I was wondering if u could use two motors
Tom Alley oh ok thx I researched it and apparently u have to have bigger wheels
Where'd you learn how to use electronics and stuff?
You need to be careful with the restraining device on those LIPO's, you should avoid having anything conductive or anything sharp( even if you have finished the edges after cutting). I would suggest that something like one of the velcro straps sold by HK would be a better option
Or use Lithium Iron batteries, less explodey.
It would be easy to use 18650's pretty cheap as well
link to buy the vesc?
6:05 no you cant improve the range by adding a 3rd battery. you either have to connect 2 more batterys in parallel or you wont get more range. adding a 3rd one in series does not improve the range.. it just leads to a higher voltage from 22.2V to 33.3V
could you put two motors on?
yeah there's a huge DIY EBoard community out there were people do 2 and 4 wheel drive systems. Check out Esk8 builders and endles sphere, both great websites for EBoards.
use Castle Creations xl2 he can hold up to 8S LiPo battery
awesome video ,sadly youtube unsubscribed my from you and i missed like three videos and had to catch up
good
You might consider using a DC-DC boost converter to increase the voltage whilst using your two batteries in parallel to increase battery life.
This would be a lot cheaper than adding a third battery in series, and may be more effective (something you could test for yourself, boost converters cost next-to nothing)
yo fam are you high? You want to use a AT LEAST 20A boost converter to step up the voltage to the ESC to "increase your range" what?!?!?! The amount of power you would loose from heat would drop your battery life, let alone trying to actually find a boost converter that can handle that much amperage and get hotter than the surface of the sun. Anyways just a stupid idea, sorry man.
+Psychotic Horse Meat hey its not my fault I have aids. Can you elaborate on why I'm retarded? I've had many people tell me that though I would love to know why. maybe its cause I literally look like a walking potato.
Unfortunately you are wrong and Jdog is correct. DC-DC booster will have losses, as everything does. As well, theoretically lets say you are using the 2 batteries he has. In parallel they last twice as long, but top speed is halfed. In series, top speed is double, but battery life is cut in half. Overall using the 2 batteries he has in series or parallel will give the same range, but one is fast and discharges quicker, the other is slower but discharges slower as well.
Another example is like the difference between running a 12v and a 24v dc motor. If they are both rated for the same wattage and speed, the 12v one draws twice the current the 24v one does. Say you use 2 identical batteries for both motors, but you have them paralleled for the 12v motor and in series for the 24v motor. In parallel you have 2C capacity, but your 12v motor draws twice the current of the 24v motor. The 24v motor draws half the current but your batteries in series have only 1C capacity.
Do you understand where this is going? In a small system like this especially, running the identical batteries in series or parallel will give the same range, top speed and time to discharge are what change.
A DC-DC booster is only adding losses into the system, as well, you can only go so fast on a board before you get speed wobbles and safety becomes a thing, so adding increasing the Ah rating of the system to give longer run time would be the same total distance increase as adding the same battery in series to go faster, but would be safer because your top speed does not increase if you parallel batteries.
Fine, I won't lecture you. There is no, "it may be more effective". IT WILL NOT BE MORE EFFECTIVE, NO TESTING REQUIRED. But if you really think it will, find a 3000W DC-DC Boost Converter that weighs less then the battery (1lb), is smaller then the battery, costs less then the battery, and is efficient enough that would provide enough benefit to range, longevity or ease of use that it is worth using over a third battery. Make it work, show me, prove me wrong if you really believe it will work. I sure as hell wouldn't invest my money in that idea though.
OMERHGAD NOT ENOUGH WAAATTTSSS NEED MORE POWWWAAAHHHHH
ALL THE GEEEGAHH WATTSS
how do you know how to do all that?
awesome
It would be sick if you could get a Bluetooth receive or something and have it connected to your phone to control the speed.
Wait, this is just the first guide for electric long boards that shows up on google. It even has the same links to the same items, and they made their own longboard deck too.
great video
+ANONYMOUS AUSTRALIA You're obviously American
You're not Aussie faker
Only American are this rude
Australians aren't this rude I know I live in Aussie
DankTard i know they would ..look at your spelling m8
+ANONYMOUS AUSTRALIA I'm Japanese so my English isn't very good.
you need to re-do all of those joints in the wire with proper tiedowns and heatshrink, the tape covering the solder joints won't stand up to any dirt or moisture from the road and then you'll end up with bare joints which with lipo batteries is a recipe for disaster
Do heat shrink tubr
from vaping one thing I've learned is don't charge batteries in a different circuit to the way you use them also you would have been better off buying some new heat shrink wrap, pulling the current wrap off and then connecting them in series directly and re-wrapping the whole thing this would eliminate a lot of voltage drop you get with your triangle connection
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I'm sorry but what voltage drop are you talking about with his triangle connection? P.S. I don't recommend you start off a comment like that "from vaping"
+Jdog Awesome as the voltage from the batteries travels through the wire it will lose some voltage because of the resistance of the wires
Well yes conductors have some resistance but in this case its going over no more than MAYBE a foot of wire, so the voltage drop is negligible.
+Jdog Awesome well you see, we're talking like 10ths of volts dropping which to you may be nothing and probably wouldn't make a difference here in this situation but it is there
You could get truck spacers
Where did you buy your vesc?
Philip Rossetti Man, He don't use a Vesc, But I tell you, USE A VESC, vesc have regenerative breaks and have comparability with a Nunchuck, Its smaller, and better, Any Question ask me, ok?
Philip Rossetti You Can Buy a Vesc at AlienPowerSystem or in Enertion site, also in DIYeletricskateboard, I bought in Alien
Canal Carmedon from which option? Maytech or foyer model
Philip Rossetti I bought Maytech, but they are the same, just little diferences
Canal Carmedon when did you make your purchase and how is it holding up?
Great!:) how old are you ?
I'd guess he's around my age (17/18)
+motorised adventurer He's around 16
16
15
hes just done his gcse's so he will be just going 17 :)
Mate i love you vidz and all that.. BUT GET SOME HEATSHRINL! lol
Artof, this is great. All these skills you've developed are combined here in a fun and practical project. You've made it look easy too, but I bet it took quite a bit of thinking about.
I hate to be a damp squib about this, and I hate to cramp your style and all that, but two things. firstly please be safe and use helmet, knee and elbow pads. Second, have you looked into the legal aspects of using an electrically propelled vehicle on the public highway? I personally don't know, but I imagine that the worse case would be that you need some sort of licence and insurance and could risk prosecution. Again, I don't know but really it's up to you to find out how you stand legally. Otherwise, only use it in places that are not public roads and streets. It would be a shame for you to risk your future with some sort of prosecution over a legal "technicality".
Best wishes matey.
SO WHERE IS PART 3 OR THE CHAIN UPGRADE ?
I'm into rcs and have had those batteries befor,just saying be carful linking the lips they can star bad fires
I would personally recommend 18650 lithium ion cells.
You should really make a battery protection circuit, don't want your batteries going boom on you.
Where is part 3 ? Did you abandoned this awesome project ?
Is it posible to use my phone's battery bank as the battery for my skate?
no it can't handle the current
no way. The battery you need will be 110x more powerful than your powerbank