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A 100V V11 successor makes sense. I wonder if they will switch over to the KS suspension style, or keep the V11 one.

Hnnnng can't wait to see that!

Oh no, I also thought you talked about the Airwheel electric unicycle!! Sorry!! Turns out the S5 is a Minipro-like hoverboard with handlebar. Forget everything bad we said about it, we thought it was the very old and crappy (nowadays) Airwheel-brand electric unicycle. Looks like the S5 has decent specs. It may very well be worthwile (financially) to get a replacement battery. I don't know, or where to get a battery other than to google where to buy one, though.

edit: This post applies to the Airwheel EUC, which turns out was not the topic of this discussion - In all likelyhood, buying another (and better!) wheel will be cheaper. If a battery replacement is even possible. But who knows, maybe you will get lucky and it's not as bad as I think.

They're both good. Currently, I'd stay away from the Begodes due to the unclear battery issues, even though the Nik has a great reputation overall. The V12 also exists and is the latest and greatest 16x3 inch wheel, and the price doesn't seem to be much higher.

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Hi and welcome! Your post was moved to this place (you originally posted in an unrelated topic)

A very nice first wheel!

Is there maybe a nice EUC hidden in the dishwasher? Never give up hope You'll ride one day!

Hi there @Milan1234567, I split your post off and put it in the Private Sales forum, you will have more success here.

What do you think about the MCM5?

Yep, grass is officially evil If you want to ride on grass, be relaxed and pretend the grass isn't even there. Just ride and force the wheel along with you.

That thing looks like it has small clearance. Does it scrape the ground often?

I don't think that app still exists. Ask in the Apps forum, maybe any third party app supports the ancient Solowheels: https://forum.electricunicycle.org/forum/63-apps-and-app-related-gadgets/

No. Definitely no. Apparently, airlines refuse to transport any battery powered vehicle, even without the batteries. No EUCs, wheelchairs, whatever. Too much effort to check and argue with people, so they just said "screw it, no". You will have to find a shipper that ships to Cyprus (I don't understand why that's so hard, shipping batteries does happen, so why not here?), or take a boat and the wheel with you. I hope someone knows a way for you to get around this.

Don't read too much into this. The danger of a fire is really small, but because on a boat it's potentially worse than on dry ground, it's worth thinking about. The idea is: What starts a fire? Water intrusion (into the battery) would be the main potential cause here* - water splashes can happen. So a plastic bag/box in the mix seems like a good idea. What if there is a fire? The fire shouldn't spread, and not create a hot spot that ignites the fiberglass. So use some kind of container for the wheel, store it in an unproblematic spot so at worst that starts smoking and you can throw it overboard. Don't keep the wheel on the boat overnight in your absence. In the end it's still a damp environment, so who knows. Just basic risk minimization that costs nothing. The more I think about it, a simple plastic box with a lid and some sand in it is easy, cheap, keeps the wheel dry, and protects everything else if there is a fire (hopefully). Throw in a fire/heat alarm if you like, so you know if there is a problem. I have no actual experience with this or anything - * as opposed to corrosion from salty air (no salt here), or the bad LG battery cell type (not in the MCM5).

If I were you, I'd sew myself a fireproof bag from a generic fire blanket. Put one of these sailcloth sewing machines to work Or maybe bags ike this exist ready-made. Put this into a plastic bag/box and you're waterproof, too! Nothing more you could want, and nothing to worry about then. Alternatively, get a plastic box and put the wheel in there, on a bed of a few inches of sand. Easy to do, and should contain a fire, too. The type of battery packs in the MCM5 has been the best and most reliable of them all. Very very rarely, you can have unlucky water intrusion with such packs (riding in the rain + being unlucky, but as far as I know only with other wheels, not with the MCM5), otherwise they will be great. The current alarming battery fires come from certain bad battery cells, which the MCM5 does not use. I was thinking about slow internal corrosion from salty air, but if you're in fresh water, that's not a problem. Just put your wheel into a proper container and don't leave it alone on the boat (well, overnight/for longer). Then you did more than you should reasonably have, and you will be safe! No worries there. This is just an overabundance of caution, just having the wheel in the boat in a dry spot would 99.99% be enough anyways. But better safe than sorry.

MCM5. It also has the advantage of using the 18650 battery cells that don't have the fire problems that the current LG 21700 cells in the bigger wheels have. Store your wheel in a fireproof box/crate anyways - the one thing you don't want on a boat is a battery fire. An electric unicycle is the perfect vehicle for a boat though!

The 48X are in the official 2700Wh Nikola that EcoDrift looked at. What I posted says nothing about what's in the AR+. You can reasonably assume they use the 48X for the AR+ (which came before the official 2700Wh Nik), but it's only an assumption. Whether they use the 48X on all new Niks is a question, too. Maybe only on the 2700Wh models? Maybe a quick email to @Alien Ridescan clear this up for good, so no evil LG cells turn up anywhere.

Do you believe that a too high current is the cause for battery fires starting? Is there any information supporting this idea?

The power and anti spin buttons are disabled once the tire is rotating. They only work when you are stopped. Otherwise an accidental button push or electrical malfunction with the buttons would crash you in the worst way. This is a standard safety measure on every wheel on the market. Sounds like your V11 behaved exactly as it should It simply wasn't actually level in the stand. Any tiny tilt would cause it to spin up rapidly (as the tilt never goes away with the wheel in a fixed position). If this ever happens while you lift the wheel, don't put it down (when you're inside) or you get a nice tire mark on the floor. Just let it spin up and shut down in the air after a few seconds.

Yes. When you have a wheel where you regularly go over 25kph/15mph, I'd get knee guards, too, and make sure the helmet is full face. But for a V8S, I'd say wrist guards and a helmet (this is the order of importance) is perfectly fine. Of course you can always be unlucky. And nobody is stopping you from wearing any gear you like.

That's pretty cool! How robust are they, will the spikes break off if you wear something like hiking boots?

EcoDrift shows the latest Monster Pro. Looks like BG just switched to their standard motor (labeled C30) from their original "C40" motor in the Monster Pro and EX. But EcoDrift speculates that this motor may not be exactly the same (possibly more windings for more torque and less speed, in between the known C30 and C38 motors). Not sure, they didn't disassemble the motor.

If the V12 had "small" hollow bearings like the latest RS, it would be perfect. These classic axles are just too small.