DIY Electric Skateboard Build - Better Than A Boosted Board | PART 2 BUILD TUTORIAL & PARTS
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
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As promised, here is the Full Tutorial all about my DIY Electric Skateboard / Longboard. To me, it's better than a boosted board with a range of 10 miles and a top speed of 25mph. The board is built with parts from Torque Boards, Enertion Boards, Random Amazon Parts, and Hobby King.
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Can you give a pic or a vid of your vesc configuration pleaseee
Mike Beard If i bought all the parts (excluding deck) how much would that run me and what would be a cheap set up?
+SomeRandomUsername this set up would run you about $550 Maybe less with cheaper trucks, wheels, and vesc.
A cheap set up is $300-$400
A set up that's a great value would be $500-$600
I would spend $500-$600. It makes a huge difference in quality.
please do an update on doing a wall plug in charger inside it
+VickerS Releasing a full build series very soon
honestly im a big skater the one thing i cant stand is when youtubers talk about skate board stuff and have no idea what they are talking about but you, you took the time to know some what of the stuff you were talking about and when you didn't you said that you didn't know. just saying it was nice to hear
it also seams like you really try in your vids to make them good... you got my like and sub
+Joseph Chasse Hey thanks man!
Great job Mike! I'm a long time aircraft mechanic. Being in that industry I appreciate detail, quality work, and quality instructions. You've delivered all three here. I love seeing younger people exploring and mastering mechanical projects....Kudos sir.
Thank you very much! Thanks for watching!
Can you please do a step by step in detail tutourial!!!!!!!!!!
will you pay him
Dude I'm 14 and built one myself it's not that hard plus there's tons of other step by step tutorials out there go check out great Scott's tutorial it's really in depth
Can you link me the channel?
I'm on my phone so I can't but just look up great scott electric skateboard there's 3 videos really helpful no way I would've even considered it without watching those they make it much simpler
Tanks a lot!!
Have a nice day!
I'm in high school and me, a couple of classmates, and a new teacher made a little robotics/mechanics club last year but we didn't do much. This year we're planning to pick it up and building an electric skateboard will be one of our projects after I suggested the idea when I saw your other video. Thanks man :)
You got this out quick! Great job my friend :) LOL, the first time I soldered was pretty scary too; had to watch a ton of videos! You got one of the most solid VESCs in the industry! Also, the trucks are actually mandatory for most types of motor mounts because of the flat spot. Regardless, not many people are doing quality esk8 videos so mad props!
- Neil
Big Kids Thanks Neil 😎😎
Of course, great stuff! And congrats on the success of the last video. I'm not sure you got my email but I sent you one yesterday 😁
It's awesome on how you break things down and make it easier to understand, especially for dumbfound people like me. You also make it easy to see how much everything costs and the links to each part in the description, little things like that to make someone's life easier just makes you that much better than other youtubers. Awesome stuff man. Getting my sub 👍.
+Chance Bichao Thanks for watching! I'm glad I could help!
Maybe you can make a circuit diagram for those who can understand that. That will make it a lot easier to understand the electronics (for me). But other than that a great video! You really spent a lot of time on this video, you can see the hard work. A really good video!!
+arne janssens Hey thanks man! In the future I will break out the white board and draw it out 😎
subscribed at the end of the video . noticed there is a part 2 and after a few seconds he says : if you are a new subscriber hi! 10/10 will replay that
+Vlaszacs Eduard Leo Welcome to the Beard fam 😎
No bs whatsover, you made someone's day.. gj
I love tutorials that tell you to go look something up.
+Drawn Sideways 😂😂😂 me
can you please make a whole video of you making the board from scratch with al new parts that would really help some of us who want to build this board like if you agree so he sees this
+aditya gupta I explain in my newest electric skateboard video that I am making 5 new tutorials.
Thorough video man, definitely building one. Just spent all my money building a quadcopter, unfortunately.
Have an idea for another video? Reply to this comment! Have a question? Drop it below!
i would like to see a video when you are riding the board. so a video where you show how fast it goes etc.
Watch part 1: ua-cam.com/video/fUdxf_54wIg/v-deo.html
Mike Beard i have already seen part 1. but you did a few shots but not really much. but it is just an idea if you don't like it, no problem. just make a video of it if you want.
Roy oh okay sounds good man 😎😊
I was thinking about building an electric longboard with flexible drive shafts? what do u think. Good idea or not?
simple, video flows nicely, not pretending to know too much stuff , explains all..subbed
+ASO69 Thanks!
can i ask you, what do you think of yuneec e go 2 , its listed for 650$ so its almost same price but less things that i could fck up lol
please do step by step tutorial!!!!!!
I said this earlier too go check out great Scott's step by step tutorial it's really in depth and should get u going and there's tons of others too
using the tupperware box is ingenuous. keep up the content!
+Siddaraiya thanks man!
just letting everyone know, enertion will soon stop selling diy parts, diy electric skateboard seems to have most of these parts
Better get the parts while you still can!
Mike Beard yep! the 12 mm belt isnt available from enertion anymore, but you can get from diy electric skateboard
I believe they're liquidating everything except the Nano-X controler and the VESC. But, those 2 are pretty solid.
thanks for this information
you should make a step by step tutorial with the improved battery setup you were talking about. Awesome video!!
+VzAmPliFiEdzV I'm planning on covering all of my future upgrades!
Awesome!! I'm definitely building my own now. Keep up the good work!
Can you ride the it like a regular skateboard when it is out of battery?
+Tristan Cooper Yes, there is a little resistance because of the belt but yes you can totally push 👍🏻
Tristan Cooper if u want a board u can push freely get a hub motor instead of a satellite setup there is 0 resistance
Wow! I'm in the contemplation stage of making my own. That video makes me want to start right now! Great job!
+Kyle Kitzul Thank you very much! More how to videos coming soon 😎
Make a new video where you start from scratch so we can follow what you do.
So remove everything from the board, press record and start building the electric long board plz
Don't worry about the main skateboard parts. Street skating and longboard skating are totally different. Longboarding doesn't require the durability as normal street decks need to be.
All the Enertion parts should do the trick. Longboard nerds will usually get better trucks like Gullwings and sealed bearings which are much smoother. Again, minor details compared to the main parts which are the motors and the other stuff that actually makes it go.
Nice video, very straight forward and easy to follow.
Your videos are so well made, instead of 3k your should have 300k
+Thatgamingllama Games Thank you very much 😊
How much did all the parts cost?
+Bess_E about $600
Mike Beard Thanks!
Can you do a complete walk through? Like take your board apart, or build another? Thanks man, I just subbed. Love your vids so far!
How much did it all cost
+Sean Kuphner About $600
Mike Beard usd ?
+Jackson Banks Yup ☺️🇺🇸
Mike Beard oh ok :(((
600 is pretty high for a diy ,was expecting below 250 -300
Nice video man just hoping to build something like this without breaking the bank!
Damn...I gotta tell you I recently found out about you...you are a hidden jem...keep it up
+Stathis Loizos Thank you very much! I really appreciate it 😊
This seems like a pretty cool project. I might try one myself because my big problem with electric skatebaords is they are long boards and not skateboards. I just want an electric board that you can do a simple Ollie on. I've skated all my life and there are always little obsticles in the way so I feel like as long as you're not trying to Ollie down stairs it could work
i'll never build this, BUT that was such a professional high quality video and very enjoyable to watch! considering the amount of subscribers i don't get how you pulled this off that perfectly. all the best on your youtube journey. cheers
+Jim Alpin Im a fulltime photographer and videographer so not a hard video to make at all. Unfortunately good content and subscriber count don't always correlate. Thanks for watching!
Its amazing How simple You made this. In other diy Electric skateboard it seems so hard and difficult. Amazing job Done! Sorry for bad english if some is wrong. In from Denmark:)
+Lise Petersen Hey thanks man! No worries! I understood you perfectly 😊👍🏻
YOu know, i really like your ideas and i think that you are one of the next legends in future on youtube not only because it's interesting what you do but because you know how to explain well to. And also i can't understand why you have only 16 K subs
Hey Mike. Thanks for making this video
It would be really good to see a video of the electrics, how you made the batterys work and charge etc..
@Mike Beard Im from the race quad or freestyle quad community and charging lipo batteries is almost a daily event. Get yourself a parallel charging board and you can charge up all your batteries at once.
A step by step tutorial would be awesome!
Just saw ur video and got inspired to build my own. Should be good fun to do this summer but im only 14 so idk if i will have enough money. Greetings from Spain
+Jesse Sanchez awesome man! Good luck!
Quarantine has me doing things I usually wouldn’t do
ive been so bored i actually wanna build stuff
you're cool man i wish you all the best with UA-cam and college
+Amputatoe Thanks man!
Thanks for the tear down vid. I'm going to get to building
+Adam Grondin awesome! Good luck with everything!
Mike, this video is so helpful and explains so many questions that I had while watching the video. However, you never say how you turn your board on and off. What is your system for that?
+ThePixelShark Im glad I could help! And you're right I never really exained that. For now I have been just unplugging the vesc when I'm not using it. Looking into power switches for the future 👍🏻
Can you do a video on how to program a vesc, and how to sauder bullet connectors onto a vesc. Also I dont know which bullet connectors from the vesc I shoud put into my motor. Thanks for the help.
Can you please do an update video when you improve your battery and is there any chance you can build the complete board from the bottom up in a video as well.
About to build one myself and this was super helpful thanks! I think I'm going to use hub motors tho
+Duke Wheeler oh awesome! Much simpler that way!
Engineering department here:
Lock tight the screws that are not secured with nylock nuts. You do not need to glue nylock nuts (trucks to the board connection, wheels etc). Glue motor mounting bracket, and motor screws.
Regarding kV rating - that pretty basic understanding of the subject. You have to rememeber that you use whole system, not only parts of it. So you can have higher kV, different gear ratio, and have same output torque and max speed. You have different type of power sources (Lipo, life etc) with different preffered/maximum discharge rates, which will affect your ESC and motor choice. So all in all it is possible to have a lots of really optimal sets, which will differ in parts, but have similar output.
Good video though.
+Tomasz Kubiak which is why I glued everything. I didn't have the nylon screws on the screws connecting my trucks to my deck so I glued them. The only. On screws I had were on the truck axel, which I didn't glue.
And you are right about the gearing ratio. I didn't cover on that.
And tried to keep Kv as simple as humanly possible with out confusing the hell out of someone.
But yeah I agree with everything here haha
Thanks for watching 😊
Have you tried building and racing drones yet? I think you'd love it
Keep up the awesome work man! You rock!
+David Timbré Thank you!
Do more detail on attaching the motor to the wheel and how to get better batteries
Please make a more detailed video of what is under the tupperware thing and how it works.
Fantastic tutorial
+Cameron S Thanks for watching 😎
Thank you for sharing! Great video, great job!
+Mattia Zammarchi Hey thanks man!
You spoke about the board having no flex ability at all, but one thing that i was questioning about that a lot was the shock resistance. Does the board feel rough when you ride it? How often if ever do you fall off your board? This type of thing is like the deal breaker for weather i should just start saving up for a boosted board.
yo balance charge your batteries, look at the rotor riot video on balance charging lipo batteries. you plug al 3 into the charger at the same time, makes life a whole lot easier!
Yep this is kind of what I thought it looked like. Luckily I am big into hobby grade RC cars. So my traxxas rustler vxl system is what I have. I already understand the electronics for that and this is basically the same thing but a little more complicated. My background definitely helps me understand this. So all you people out there that thinks this is complicated, it really isn't.
@mikebeard just use two batteries in series such as 2 5s lipos or if u wanna push it use 2 6s but 10s seems to be the Hotspot and Idk if ur charger can support that but if it does it would cut charge time and make it more simple so definitely do that if your charger supports that big of batteries. That's what I did with mine and with my charger it only takes an hour to charge them both fully. And if u want to make charging really simple get the space cell battery from enertion.
Does this system have re-gen breaking?
How do you tune this?
How do you know how much juice you have when you are outside?
A little tip though. You can buy an RC parallel charging board on amazon so you don't have to swap batteries during the charging. Also, I suggest putting a battery tempture sensor on the batteries both when charging and ridding. It's very easy to close to the dangerous tempture when charging that fast, especially when the batteries have built up some internal resistance.
Great video. I really want to ride an electric skateboard but I need to save for a while. XP
Have a nice day Mike.
+Felix L Yes it has regenerative charging, there is a battery percentage indicator that shows what percent battery is remaining, and you tune the regen by programming the vesc
Is it 1wd or 2wd?
Does it have some kind of brake? Like engine braking or similar? Is there any kind of emergency power cutoff if it suddenly wanna run away?
This is 1wd. The boards we make now are 2wd or 4wd.
There is regenerative braking.
Nice Vid Bro..would be nice tho if you could make a vid on how to do the elictrical stuff in detail..like step by styp
Do you need 2 motors per wheel? How do you connect a battery in series with one in parallel? I have heard that batteries in series can make your board go faster vs. Parallel which offers more range. Is this true? How do you set your board up so you don't have to charge up without having to take everything apart. Basically be able to just plug in your board into the wall.
Is there a way to hook up the batteries so that they can charge all at the same time? Maybe you could mount the charging station next to the tuppawar box. Idk, I'm looking to do the same thing and build my own. super cool channel
That is not recommended. You can in which you would connect them all to parallel then just connect them back to series when putting them back on the board. So when connected in parallel, then there is just one cable going to the charger. However, the safer bet would to buy a different charger than what he has and get one that I have which is a multiple port charger. Traxxas makes them and you can always get a cheap adapter for it to fit the traxxas plug in.
Awesome Video Mike I will build a Electric Long board Very Soon Thanks Dude
Glad I could help 😎
Wow! A 9s1p lipo, and that gauge wire for the XT60. I'm not an electrical engineer but I fly quads that use these types of batteries and with 4s1p lipos we use wire that thick, or maybe even thicker. Also, if a 9s1p battery really needed?
+Max Harrison 14 gauge wire is only rated for 20amps. I've been pulling a lot more through it. In its early stages I tested and checked all the wiring frequently. Everything only got warm to the touch so it should all be fine. But of course I would recommend larger gauge wires for more permanent builds.
weird request... can you do a conplete video on motor types. like what ohms and max voltage to use resistance power
Yo Mike! Im thinking about building an electric longboard like you! You mentioned that there were some things that you would change? What would those things be and how would they be accomplished? Thanks in advance!
nylon lock nuts would help with the truck-to-deck mounting.
Nice one dude, good job. Thanks for all the links - helps the research!
+Craig Usher Of course! Thanks for watching!
I want to make one for my son, but can you adjust the speed to go slower? Great job by the way!
+Ericec4126 Thank you! Yes, when programming the vesc, you can limit the amount of power coming out of the battery, which would slow the board down.
On your last video we talked about how cheap you could go and still have a decent product. Maybe try making the cheapest board you can, with good enough quality parts that it won't burn out after a month of use. You might already be that the cheapest you can go with the $600 price tag, not sure. Might be a cool video idea.
+Nicholas Catalanotto Thought about making an ultra cheap board for as little as possible just to see if I could. I might try it 😎
Mike Beard You cleary make good content because you enjoy it and want other people to enjoy it as well. I think an "Ultra Cheap" Board could really help spark your channel some more. 400+ subs from 1 electric longboard? On the road to fame it seems. Best of luck.
Thanks man! I appreciate it! Thanks for watching :)
Nice video man I'm about to make one myself I'll show you a picture when it's done
I haven't watched part 3 yet but if you're still looking for a better charging situation you can buy a parallel charging board. There are some safety precautions you have to take but it does work, that's what I do to charge all my drone batteries
Hey! Sorry for the inconvenience!
I am trying to build my own electric board but there is something that I cant understand about the battery ¿Could you make a video about batterys and how to conect each other? If I want to make a dual- mottor board, how many volts and which batterys do I need?
Thanks! Bye
Great video man! Like your content!
Have you ever had any problems with the flaps on the battery housing container that you used popping open while riding?
+Mile High Island I've never had any issues. I actually accidentally broke the tabs a little bit doing something else and they still hold really well 👍🏻
Awesome videos, thanks man!
+Lawrence Ngo Thanks for watching!
You know, if you cut a small hole in the bottom of the box thing you can put the thing that lights up there and make it like a neon light that would be under a car but under your board
How did you build on the regenerative braking feature in the board? Besides super cool vid, would be great if you did give some details about the mounting of electronics which I really do struggle with
Regenerative braking is programmed into the vesc or esc
Dude this is pretty badass thanks for sharing. I'm gonna look into making my own now because of this? Sorry if someone already asked this but how does it do with water? Also curbs though?
+Jacob Jenkins It handles puddles just fine. The more water tight your enclosure is the better it will handle water. And I wouldn't ride off a curb on any longboard 😬
Question: I don't really like the idea of one wheel drive- is there an easy way to fit two motors with the VESC, or is there no notice of the one wheel drive?
+Spencer Young You can have 2 motors of you want but it requires two vecs. I don't feel it at all. You can't tell that there is only one wheel drive at all.
Really like your video. Very helpful. I've seen your other video about your new battery where you soldered lots of mini cells. Is there a way to use the pre-bought lipos and connect them to the quick on/off button, the battery percentage screen and have an easy charging solution i.e. plug one lead in and charge all batteries. Thanks
You can wire a BMS to lipo batteries as well
Mike Beard thanks for the quick reply. I know that but how would you charge multiple lipos at one time using your new and simple plug in AC method. Ive seen that there are parallel balance charging methods but do you think there is an easier way where I can only plug on thing in?
You would have to wire the lipos to a BMS and add a charge port to the BMS. Once it was wired up you could charge it like I do the 18650 Cells
That's niceeee. Hey man, when are you going to vlog again?
+JakeLens I have a few in my backlog. Just got through my busiest week of the year. More content to come!
Mike Beard It's cool. Hope you are doing fine. Wish you the best of luck. Can't wait to see new content.
+JakeLens I'm doing really well! Thanks for watching! Posting a subscriber update video tonight or tomorrow!
Hi mate great job. I'm going to make mine with a 20v dewault drill motor and battery. What is the name of the component for the transmiter switch?
WAY COOL MY BRO FANTASTIC
+jerome coetzee Thanks man 😎
First of all great videos. U said that flex is not a good thing in a e skateboard and i agee because of the enclosure just like you said. But i wonder how the boosted board can have that much flex and do you have any idea how we can achieve that ? Thanks. Keep it up!
+Onur Ar boosted board achieves its flex by keeping their enclosure small and pushed all the way to one side while running cables under the grip tape with in the board 👍🏻
I have 44 caliber II trucks and I barely have enough room for the nut to hold on the wheel. I have moved the wheel as far as I can. Any suggestions?
Great vid bro, thanks
Please do a step by step very detailed tutorial
The controller you used is amazing no doubt, however i have a doubt as to whether it can be switched for a cheaper one, or is the only controller that compatible with the build?
Also for the VESC, is there a cheaper option?
Hey bro, great vids.. Wondering how difficult it would be to convert my current eboard (non-belt) driven into a belt driven board.. Let me know if you have any ideas and what kind of products I should pick up to begin the transition.
What brand board are you converting?
any chance doing a dual motor video? or do you know any links of how to wire the motors, vesc and batteries?
Hi Mike, I have been thinking for a long time what will be better?
- ready to ride Wowgo 2s (2 hub motors)
- or one big 6374 190kv motor (single belt drive sys.) with 12s LiIon
batteries and single enertion vesc
The most important for me is:
- acceleration, hill climbs, torque
What do you think ? The one big 6374 motor with good equipment can beat the 2 hubs motors of wowgo
The DIY 6374 build no question. It would absolutely destroy the the wowgo.
@@MikeBeard Thanks Mike :))
do you have links for any good and tested set of 90mm wheels and pulley system ( for 15 mm belt) and motor mount?
thanks :)
I swear by these wheels:
www.mboards.co/collections/wheels/products/orangatang-caguama-orange-80a-wheels
This pulley System:
www.mboards.co/collections/pulleys-and-mounts/products/complete-36t-kegel-pulley-system
This motor mount is good (but we have a new version coming soon):
www.mboards.co/collections/pulleys-and-mounts/products/single-carbon-fiber-motor-mount-set
Hi Mike, Do you have any solution for typical indian roads with bumps and uneven roads in terms of battery pack hitting problems?
Could you do a video on the mboard battery management/charger system? Or post me a link, cheers mike
+Big Dogg New Videos coming soon 😎
Sweet! I built a board from scratch after seeing your vids, mostly from torque parts🤙🏽
hey, great tutorial, few questions :
1. Can you break, deaccelerate with this setup ?
2. Can you climb hills %20, %25, %30 etc. ?
1. Yes there are brakes in this set up
2. I have yet to meet a hill that I couldn't climb
Will the enertian stuff work with regular trucks and wheels, I already have a complete longboard and I was wondering will the stuff work with a regular one.
i think youve convienced me. I ordered a boosted mini but i think im going to cancel it and make my own. Is there a way you could do a video specifically on the wiring? Thats the only part that scares me. Also can you think of a way i could get the board to charge like a boosted ei. leaving the batteries in the board and having one plug?
ua-cam.com/video/_lMjtZkxsYM/v-deo.html
This video might help 👍🏻 More of a simpler build
do I have to code anything in this
Please, can you give a tutorial on how to make the Board?
This whole process is super intimidating, but it might be a summer project. I don't have any experience with mechanics or electronics. But for now I might just buy the action blink s for 350 on Amazon.
how do you turn your board on? Also how to you connect the battery indicator to the battery?
Please make a video on how to connect my batteries to the VESC
+Vyper I show that in this video