Hey tung256,
Thanks for the positive comment.
You make some good points with respect to FAQ to be added on the Kickstarter page. In fact, my business partner Jon Kroeker said to me that he had seen your comments and he emailed me saying we should post them. I hadn't had a chance to see your post until now. So on the following link most of your questions are answered: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kranx-powerstik/the-kranx-powerstik-a-new-way-to-cruise . You've got to scroll right down to the bottom of the page for the answers. Also, I believe I covered some of this information in an earlier post on this forum. I will note answers here as well for convenience.
How fast can you go?
Well, in short, it depends. It's all up to you what drill you choose to power you board. I go approximately 20-23 Kmh (12 - 14 Mph) on flat land using my Milwaukee 18V Fuel. Of course if you are going down an incline it will be faster or up an incline it will be slower. Rider weight is a factor as well. I am around 195lbs. This concept is primarily for relatively flat land. Modest inclines like those found in mall parking lots not a problem. You can check out the following unedited video on my Youtube channel to get an idea of what it can do with a Milwaukee 18V Fuel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_ffx-Z1zSI .
How long does it last?
This too depends. If you have a larger capacity battery set with your drill you will go farther and obviously last longer. Drills come with batteries typically in the 1.5 - 5.2 Amp Hour range. The 5 Amp Hour batteries have just been coming out in the last year. It's pretty exciting to see the improvements in battery technology! These 5 Amp Hour batteries are typically the same size and weight of their 4 Amp Hour counterparts which is great.
For me, I now use a Milwaukee 18V Fuel. My drill set came with 2 batteries plus one bonus battery - all 4 Amp Hours each. I was pretty stoked when I starter to experience rides with one battery that would take me on flat land up to 5 Km! So with one battery on the drill and another in my pocket I have made 10 Km trips. Sometimes I take a total of 3 batteries which give me up to 15 Km.
Of course your experience may be different. A lot of drills come with 1.5 Amp Hour batteries.
I tell people all the time that "It's one battery to get you there, one to get you back."
If you are looking at total time cruising that also depends on whether you are going "all out' or not. If I keep the trigger pinned down the whole time on flat land it's roughly, for my drill, around 12-15 run time as far as I recall. I don't, however, usually have it pinned. When I take one or two spare batteries with me I am usually gone for an hour plus on a round trip.
How fast can you go?
Well, in short, it depends. It's all up to you what drill you choose to power you board. I go approximately 20-23 Kmh (12 - 14 Mph) on flat land using my Milwaukee 18V Fuel. Of course if you are going down an incline it will be faster or up an incline it will be slower. Rider weight is a factor as well. I am around 195lbs ( on a good day
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What is the average charge time of the battery you use?
I currently use a Milwaukee Fuel 18V 4 Amp Hour battery as previously noted. If
completely depleted the average charge time for one of these batteries I am guessing is around 60-80 minutes (for batteries as well used as mine). I just plugged one in tonight at close to 9:36pm PST and it went green (fully charged) at close to 10:57 pm for a total of 81 minutes.
Thanks again for the questions.
Tony Ward
by tung256 » Tue May 19, 2015 8:40 pm
i love the idea!
so with a huge milwalkee battery fully charged, how far can you go?
in the kickstarter page, maybe you should put up some FAQ. average charge time of the battery, distance, speed, etc...
