Posts made by Lia

Nearly forgot to make the maghandle. That'd have been tragic.
It's surprisingly fun to play with and snaps back nicely with 2 tiny 3mm magnets tucked away in the axle block and handle 🥰

Probably gonna leave this as plastic because it looks like hell to machine which means expensive.

All the current bits laid bare and it's very familiar looking. Like you'd just gutted an actual GT.

A lot less physically going into this than the XS but don't be fooled. The lack of components doesn't mean this has been any easier. That custom controller still needs populating and testing which has taken the majority of my R&D time.

Speaking of testing. 42km/h freewheel speed ain't bad especially with just plastic test pieces and an incomplete axle 😅
With 35 amps max current available and just shy of 30v this little monster is not a toy. Still cute, but a right ankle biter if it ever ghosted.

Finally... I can safely say I have nearly completed the CAD.

I wanna go with recurve rails but I have no dimensions for the angles and where they are in the rail so I might ask (beg) FM for a rail. Also wanna give that rear pad the high kick version for extra flair. I am after all trying to make a tiny GTS so why not give it some of the cooler accessories.
I was considering FST but that's a lot more faff and I'd have to get even more creative with a sensor 😩 It's huge maybe especially since it's not like your hands could take advantage that well.

@tribacon No problem. Just pulled up my schematic and I have C68 down as a 2nF 0603 capacitor :)

Good luck with the repair!

Thanks @Lemur and @Wheelwizard 🥰
If they ever open up a department for "toys" I'm their gal 🙏

@puzz360 Congrats on the V1. I think I saw that on there a few days ago so glad it went to a good home!
Getting all the achievements is ace. FM should give out a discount code or something for getting them all.

@notsure With all the rain over here atm my board might need some armbands if I wanna float.

@notsure If only 😭

@franko Oh no I hope it wasn't too bad! Fingers crossed you heal up soon 🤗
Here's hoping to plenty of floating next year minus any injuries.

So as 2024 is nearly over I guess it's time we look onwards to 2025.

What is everyone planning for in 2025?

A float resolution if you will.

Maybe there's some upgrades or new board you've had your eye on.
Possibly some events you've been itching to go to but never had the time till now.
Or a handful of tricks and styles you're hoping to lock in finally.

We've got a whole 12 months ahead to look forward to and better weather on it's way... unless you're in the southern hemisphere and already have it in which case Oi... give us the sun back!

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Personally I'm hoping to attend more public OW events at least in the UK and maybe abroad if it's in the cards.
Maybe.... maaaybe get myself a vesc board that I don't use just for prototyping things.

Upppppdates!
I haven't updated this in forever oh no... okay sparknotes version here we go!

PCBs came and look fab! Like better than I thought. At a glance they look like unpopulated GT controllers till you realise they're tiny!

But I had to make some minor changes so this one has been put in the prototype box. I have a hard time throwing things out and these are too pretty to go in the bin. Maybe a future art project!

The PCB use the Cheap Focer schematic but modified so it's appropriate for this build. As such I can do tests on changes with the Cheap Focer I yoinked from a VESC board that I converted back to stock.

I wanted to use this tiny BT module so I wired it up, flashed it and was able to verify this does actually work. I tried a few others and they didn't work so this was a relief since space is a premium and I want to keep it on the mainboard if I can.

I'll be using ReFloat with this setup as it has decent LED control baked in. The old float package had an issue where activating LED's triggered an error. The error being FAULT_CODE_DRV .

I traced this back to this line in the float app that set the CPU pin B7 to the LED data pin (servo) but if you check the schematic for most VESCs that pin is fault on the mosfet driver. B6 is servo which it should be assigned too instead.


So you need to reassign this in the code or use ReFloat instead of the float package as it's assigned correctly there with the option to adjust it.

This solves me needing to learn to compile a custom package thankfully...

... yeah nah I still need to 💀

I need to make a custom LED profile for the headlights as I plan on adding configurable main beams. This means I need to make changes to the package and recompile then flash it to my VESC. I hate... and I mean haaaaaate software so this pains me to have to do.

After some utter BS figuring out all the nonsense required to do this I got Ubuntu18 LTS to run under WSL on Windows and compiled my own changes to ReFloat. I will get more into this when the time comes.

If you need to compile this yourself you need to be on Ubuntu18 LTS or lower. Some of the dependencies needed are not available on later versions and refuse to install so don't waste 4 hours like I did trying.

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Back to something I'm more comfortable with. The real world... not stinky software!
(those that do it for a living are gods idk how you cope 🙏)

PCBA is gonna cost heaps so I'll be soldering this up myself. As such I got myself the right gear for it. A big hotplate and digital microscope :3

I accidentally cooked a BT module when testing so I used it to check if my custom footprint for that module was accurate and if I could solder these components. Thankfully it looks like I'll be good!

Some amazing peeps on insta have offered to send me some of their dead focers for doing prototyping on so I'm waiting on those to arrive. In the meantime I've been test fitting some components not native to the focers like a USB C port and the side mounted XT30.

The USB port took some doing as the available footprints for them on EasyEDA do not match what USB ports I can order. THankfully I managed to modify one to fit 😅

Sadly the motor I ordered wasn't great but I found an even better one and had to strip it down to make custom plates to help mount the hub plates too. Got to crack out my 6ton press to get the bearings off 😊

Modelled loooads of the board over a weekend and got most of the big bits done. Renders as always look utterly fab!

Controller housing printed perfectly and the controller fits!
As a bonus I cut my own phase brackets and soldered them to check the fit and how hard it might be to do.

I the managed to work on the battery box. Originally I spec'd it for a 6s1p 18650 pack but after some deep pondering of my orb (fusion) I realised I could barely... and I mean barely squeeze another cell and make it 7s1p!

It
Is
Tight!

Those are my test cells. Some dead ones recovered from an old ebike battery that I use for validating CAD. I have ordered some Molicel P28A cells as those have

But with the lid and some rails printed up it all goes together nicely.

And as teased in the pic I managed to replicate the GT Performance Treaded tire 🥰

I'm going to print a master of the tire in 2 halves like on the XS. Glue them together, sand and prime so they look smooth then add some sidewall detailing like the Onewheel logo and tire specs.

22 hours later and I have me a mean looking tire to go with the little guy.

I think that covers everything up until now 🥰

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Apologies for not updating this all here as often. I have been teasing bits over on my insta so feel free to follow and get those as I post them ^-^ otherwise the more detailed process shall remain here!

@onedangts Solid info. Tysm :)
I tried a goat a few weeks ago but that GT also had the latest firmware so I was always trying to figure which I was feeling at play when off road. I'm still rocking the OG GT treaded so I'm not super fussed on the hard edges. I'm definitely a bit of a fringe rider with my preferences 😅

Defo will try to if we do Opensauce next year. Big IF because I'm not sure yet if we're going. Wish we had planned to stay longer this year but tbh we didn't think we'd be up to much like the time before. Sacramento will be on the todo list and we'll give you a heads up if we're in the area 🥰

@wheelwizard Probably TFL's Pioneer tire ^-^

Hi guys, does anyone use a 5" hub with their GT?

I'm considering getting my standard 6.5" GT hub replaced with TFL's cast N42 MTE hub but wanted to hear some trusted experiences from anyone that may have tried it :3

How is it compared to the 6.5" hub. Like are there any downsides? Guessing it's really squishy so it climbs better but what is it like on pavement with the extra volume of air. I'm a little concerned it may feel like it's deflated and give that typical side slippage sensation unless you go with higher pressures.

Reason for the upgrade is I've gotten used to dropping curbs and I can feel my rims getting close to smooching the ground each time. On trails I find the lack of give afforded to the tire makes some bits harder too.

Would the upgrade be an all round win or might it lessen the joy of pavement rides that I do like 99% of the time?

@chippmover Great to hear you've joined the Onewheel community and managed your first ride 😊
Hope you continue to have many more adventures with your board and spread the stoke 🤙

@nicko I can't actually find anything for the kush but I know the shape is meant for Flight Fins to you could print or modify a flight fender style print and use that?

@wheelwizard Fingers crossed. I read somewhere that the super low price was a mistake on their part but like the legends they are they kept the price.

I will say with the WTF's I cannot nudge to save my life. I see others do it but when I try I bottom out the bumper close to the wheel so if it's something you wanna do in future I think it makes it a little harder.

That's my experience though. I end up cheating by locking in the fins and dragging it up and over.

@wheelwizard It's something you can totally get used to. One of my mates Alicia sill rides stock rails and she raced in RFTR so I think it's mostly just learning the new feel. That said I much prefer the lowered feel.

I ride WTF Steep & Deep rails. I only picked them because last Black Friday TFL listed the price for those super low. Like actually a steal so I went for them. I've tried standard ones too and they're just as good. Feel super locked in like I used to feel on the XR.

Black Friday is around the corner again so definitely get a set of rails during the sales if you find a set you like.

Justin has done some science for the community to see if GT rails fit the XRC modules and vice versa.

TLDW; XRC modules will fit in GT rails but you won't fit a GT battery box in the XRC rails. Controller module will fit regardless.

@notsure I won't get too much into it here but there were a few limiting factors in the old design that some custom bits hopefully will fix. Battery was one but not entirely.

Thankfully this isn't considered a flagship board so I'm safe still making a tiny GTS.

Back on topic though I am super curious what sort of things modders will manage by swapping bits. Kinda like how various parts from the V1 Plus and XR were alike and swappable the same is true for the new gen boards like Pint and up.

@biell That sounds about right. Can't wait to see one in bits so we can see what goes on inside ^-^

Name is totally a bit odd but glad they didn't yoink my XS name 😅

@wheelwizard Lowkey kinda want one. Like I say that for every model but fr this one is it
Apparently according to some comments the bumpers won't but footpads will.