Montiey
Master Tinkerer
I've ordered some batteries for my new project.. Still deciding on a motor, but here is something that I can't figure out.
I need my electric skateboard to have braking. So, the ESC I use needs to support active braking (NOT drag braking, unless this would be enough to stop a person moving at 15+mph). I pretty much found that the only ESCs that would have this are car ESCs. I was a bit right, but the ones that have braking also have reverse. This is not good. I only want forward and "slow down to stop" type braking.
What would happen if the ESC tried reverse mode while moving forward?
Can I disable reverse mode and leave braking on?
And finally..
Someone find one! I don't know what to search for, so I only get ESCs with the wrong specs or only some of the right specs.
I'm going to run a 6 cell setup with a motor that (on 8 cells) draws 90A, so 100 A should be fine for whatever 6s draws. The motor will be geared down via belt, for anyone wondering. I want to point to this article: http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-Longboard/ which says that his setup has regenerative braking (charges battery a little while braking, this isn't a deal breaker for me if unavailable, but would be sweet).
Thanks!
I need my electric skateboard to have braking. So, the ESC I use needs to support active braking (NOT drag braking, unless this would be enough to stop a person moving at 15+mph). I pretty much found that the only ESCs that would have this are car ESCs. I was a bit right, but the ones that have braking also have reverse. This is not good. I only want forward and "slow down to stop" type braking.
What would happen if the ESC tried reverse mode while moving forward?
Can I disable reverse mode and leave braking on?
And finally..
Someone find one! I don't know what to search for, so I only get ESCs with the wrong specs or only some of the right specs.
I'm going to run a 6 cell setup with a motor that (on 8 cells) draws 90A, so 100 A should be fine for whatever 6s draws. The motor will be geared down via belt, for anyone wondering. I want to point to this article: http://www.instructables.com/id/Electric-Longboard/ which says that his setup has regenerative braking (charges battery a little while braking, this isn't a deal breaker for me if unavailable, but would be sweet).
Thanks!