Popular Post meepmeepmayer Posted June 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) EcoDrift: "Pre-series Kingsong KS-16X. First impressions" (Russian Original) EcoDrift: "Kingsong KS-16X. Disassembling. English version." (Russian Original) Posted separately so it doesn't get lost in some long thread Edited June 24, 2019 by meepmeepmayer changed link to the official English disassembly post 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meepmeepmayer Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 The 16X has 7 speakers! 3 on each side and a subwoofer behind that front grate. Wow! It seems quite well built, with custom fitted parts seen everywhere. For example see how the speakers match the empty spaces next to the pedal hanger. The only exception is the battery. It has no casing and a crazy shape. They could have designed that better. Looks a little precarious. Hopefully the production one will be less of a glue mess; and it won't be easily damaged in a crash. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriull Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 From 3 hours ago, meepmeepmayer said: ) EcoDrift: "Kingsong KS-16X. Parse" [Disassembly] (Russian Original) "We contacted Kingsong about this. They replied that, in their opinion, SmartBMS consumes the battery in addition when the wheel is off, complicates the design and generally reduces reliability. I disagree with the Kingsong engineers. In my opinion, this is just a desire to save. Although, I must admit that SmartBMS on the wheels of the Ninebot Z-series is a very frequent problem. " Stupid arguing of Kingsong - they should change their responsible engineer. Only because ninebot messed it up, there is no reason against a better BMS. Would be great to have a wheel to show the real battery state (cell voltages) - that could warn once cells get unbalanced and aged. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcoDrift Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 https://ecodrift.ru/2019/06/24/kingsong-ks-16x-disassembling/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriull Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I tried to merge @meepmeepmayer topic (link to @EcoDrift's blogs) to @EcoDrift's now new topic with the link to the new english article - so the topic and discussion stays together... Unfortionately i messed this up and merged it the other way around. Sorry - will try the next time in the testing section to make it the right way round 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planemo Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 This probably won't make me very popular but I feel the innards of the 16X are a bit of a mess tbh. I really do hope that this is because it's a pre-production. It all just looks a bit thrown together. The battery is, as has been mentioned, a bit of a state. The wiring isn't great either - sloppy and the occasional P clip which doesn't hold the wire snugly and allows movement therefore makes the clip a bit pointless. Using multiple, individual unsupported wires to the motor isn't clever either. The wiring job alone wouldn't even pass home built kit car SVA requirements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EcoDrift Posted June 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2019 English sub 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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