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Nice deal! Yep, EUCs are real and serious. No toys. You realize it when you lift the heavy **** out of the box and go "What have I got myself into!?" Enjoy!

We'll bring back the reputation display! Too many people want it. These achievement badges are independent of that and new, which is why everyone is a newbie there.

The reputation points are still there. They just aren't displayed, but you can see them on the user profile. I'm sure they can be displayed again. I guess we should bring them back in the old form? The "rookie" etc. are related to the all new achievement badges, so everyone starts as a "newbie" (or what it is called). These achievement badges can be customized, removed entirely, or kept in the default state they are in now. Side note: more granular "Like" options are coming (soon I think).

Very true. Half of everything is great, the other half ruins it. And now we have two (or one and a half) companies half-assing EUCs - Begode and Extreme Bull!

Here's a new EcoDrift article with some pictures of the Hero. It follows their great disassembly video and article. Hero Pictures by EcoDrift

Another used wheel

This forum has been updated and now there's some kind of achievement thing. More here: https://invisioncommunity.com/news/invision-community/drum-roll-please…-announcing-achievements-r1227/ Let us know what you think or if we should just switch ithe entire thing off or whatever.

Oh wow, you can trust nobody. Though I wonder if these mosfets are simply too small or have a too narrow margin for a wheel like the V12. Great that Inmotion has a result and communicates it, though!

On second look, they roll bar should officially be called "the shin crusher". Also, finally a decent size mudguard! If only it didn't have those holes, they are counterproductive. And are these zip ties holding it? Already in the works, we're waiting for it to happen.

Looks cool! Does not look ergonomic. Looks like we have two Begodes now. Maybe this will make them improve their quality?

Trying to understand your question. Here are my thoughts, maybe it helps you somehow Think of two black boxes. The first black box [SB] is some small computer that runs your self-balancing control algorithm. It takes as input the tilt measurement (and maybe its first derivative) from the gyro, nothing else. It gives as output a speed to be given to the motor (which direction = forwards/backwards, and how fast to rotate), presumably in the form of a voltage, as the applied voltage directly determines the motor speed (well in theory). Forwards and backwards are just positive or negative voltage (is that how an electric motor works?). The second black box is a "motor controller" [MC]. It implements the voltage and makes the motor turn in the direction and as fast as you want it to. It gets precise info from the motor how the motor is turning (at least at low speeds. EUCs seem to only use the Hall sensor at low speeds, above it's just the applied voltage that gets increased or reduced depending how the tilt develops, I guess.) so it can fine-control the speed. A EUC (in my mind) then works like this: [tilt measurement] -> [SB algorithm tells you what the motor must do to balance] -> [MC makes the motor do it] <--> [actual motor, also gives feedback to the MC so it can work better] All the EUC details are in the self-balancing black box. The motor controller just translates what you want into reality (this may be complicated, too, but it is a generic functionality for electric motors). I always thought a "motor controller" (whatever that is) includes speed and which direction to turn, so a complete control of the motor behavior, but apparently it does not? Two types of questions you are looking to answer: You are given a typical 3-phase BLDC motor with a hall sensor, and a phaserunner controller. Question is: what extra part do you need to create a "complete" motor controller black box, as defined above. I would ask that in an electric motor/electronics forum or some place similar. Is the phaserunner suited to control a EUC? EUC motor control seems to be very precise. Is the phase runner that precise, or does the throttle more or less just tell it "Go faster!" or not? Does it support a very fine and precise speed control, especially at low speeds? Does it even support reversing the motor direction (people don't ride bikes backwards)? So: Can you replace the "throttle" input with your [SB] black box in a meaningful way? If the phaserunner doesn't know which direction the motor turns and your mystery extra part does the switching, then the extra part needs an input from the [SB] to that tells it the direction. How would that work? Maybe this is all wrong so this is just food for thought. I guess the questions are: how concretely does a EUC board work, what "parts" (= black boxes with a defined behavior) do you need to put together? And how concretely does a "complete" motor controller do direction changes? What can the phaserunner do, and what can it not do?

I don't know why it cut out. But maybe it was just a firmware fluke? The battery and board either work, or don't, so if you get the proper range and the wheel charges to full (meaning the battery is ok), I wouldn't know where any potential hardware problem could even be.

I agree with you guys. If anything is the problem, it's the price. Too much for "cheap", so some will go for other wheels.

That's the best outcome! You paid for a new wheel, you should get one, with no extra cost. Let's say quality control is no manufacturer's strength The good news is, once a wheel is up and running and confirmed good, it usually works perfectly from then on. Most returns are right at the start, when something wasn't right that a proper QC process would have caught. So once you get your new one and it's good, after 100 miles or so you would know if anything didn't work as expected, and it's all happy riding then.

Price is ok but could be a bit lower, depending on how scratched up the wheel is. Just be sure any damage is cosmetic and not structural, meaning you check that nothing is bent or broken or wobbles or is uneven. 3500 miles is basically nothing, it's a low mileage wheel. Here's a bit more info on what to look for in a used wheel:

That's the MCM5

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It's listed on ewheels as "in stock", too. I was just wondering why there is so little talk about it.

What happened to this wheel? It seems to be out, but I hear nothing about it anywhere.

Some posts, while not strictly off topic, have been split off as they were veering towards derailment of this thread That particular discussion can be continued there:

Where's the third? Assuming one BMS in each pack...

The Monster Pro uses whatever 21700 cells the other Begode fire wheels also use. Or do you mean you don't expect a fire because it is 8p?

Really? Maybe this just a normal Begode pack then.

That sucks. Nothing worse than a new wheel with a problem, when you just want to ride the thing! Had that myself. Yet all three options they gave you make sense. Personally I would go for the warranty repair/replacement and eat the shipping cost (if they are reasonable). In the end, you want an unbroken wheel. Or at least have EUCO send you a new casing (it better be free), you don't have to replace the old one right away, but then you have the (free) replacement part for later (you could still epoxy and use the old one if that works). The battery packs should be the same outwardly, just using different cells inside. But maybe there is a subtle shape/size difference?