Thank you soooo much!! For a second I was thinking, to give up before I even had started. But your response inspired me, just to start because now I have the gut feeling that people will help me out to finish the project
Thank you for the tech. details. You and the other posters have convinced me. I will not buy a Maytech. And I think I will not buy the ready to go FR propulsion. At the end of the project I want to be able to say something like “I made this” instead “I assembled this”. I want to learn it from the scratch with all its frustration and success hehe.
I will definitely go through the entire forum and read twice before I buy anything. Further, before I place my order, I want to list it here and get it “approved” by the experts
I have already checked your board (btw. it is really beautiful!) and I guess all of your videos. Amazing! The part which irritated me was, that you don’t use a BMS?? Did I get that right?
The thing which I am kinda missing in this forum (or just not found yet) is something what pacificmeister already did. Something like a material list and photo documentation like “Connect this wire with that. Solder this, Glue that etc.”
Further I have an idea in my mind how to contribute to this forum. I need to make some tests and let you all know.
There is nothing plug and play even, like here, if you buy a “combo”. Combined with the Maytech remote, this 200A ESC is very appreciated because you can use the VESCTool setup wizards that are well documented.
You can have a look at the full thread below. The safe recommended battery voltage is 12s. Some people use 13s but we haven’t had many feedbacks. As you can see here, Flipsky is facing some difficulties to ship all the orders.
You can follow carefully Volker’s @V_S second build using a cost effective 133usd APS 63100 (APS =Alien Power System) along with this FLIPSKY 200A ESC:
Thank you for your reply. Ok then, seems like I need to get to know to configure the ESC via VESCTool.
Instead of custom build battery with cells etc. I was thinking about to use 2 of theseTuning 20.000 mah - 12c. I have seen that on a build here. What is your opinion about?
I will definitely go with a waterproof motor. The one from flip sky seems to to be perfect for my skills/budget.
I would highly advise against using the 12C lipo batteries. They are not a safe option for our use. After a few uses they will become puffy and dangerous.
For a similar price you can build a 18650 pack.
I had the same (bad) experience. Spend hundreds of euro’s on several lipo’s. Used then 5 or 6 times until they started to puff badly and became VERY hot in the box of my board. For the same price I purchased the cells I needed for a good 18650 pack, which I did in the end. You need some other stuff but there is ample documentation to build these things. It is kind of fun!
Never had any issues with the 18650’s, I can pick the pack up straight after foiling as they don’t get very hot at all.
In addition to all the fail cases solved in the New 200A Vesc based Flipsky ESC thread . For a smooth and more silent running, choose FOC mode detection with sensorless motor.
i am researching a build also but have a more immediate project which requires a some battery making skills - you guys have been pretty $%$#$ inspirational in this regard. i would be keen if any one could recommend a good seller of the samsung 30Qs, and a reco for a decent spot welder (i was thinking of a spot welding pen, but would i be wasting coin?).
the elecs are daunting but i navigate through with baby steps - carbon work is more my thing. your community here makes everything seem very doable.
Dan be very careful buying batteries from AliExpress or Alibaba. There are many fake batteries out there. I’m currently looking for a new supplier in Australia too. A few suppliers are having difficulty getting stock at the moment. The cheapest supplier I can currently find at the moment is in Perth.
$7 20 per cell
I decided to go NOT with the 12C LiPo batteries but actually I would like to buy a pre-built battery pack, rather than welding my own one. I have read some descriptions and I respect the process to much.
I am just concerned about the 48V. If a battery has 3.6 x12S should be 43,2 V right? It is also possible to ask them for a customization. Has anyone experience with pre-built battery from AliExpress or even did buy customized one?
