Everything you need, in one article, to convert your XR to VESC. Clearly documented and with step-by-step instructions. The guide is highly formatted on my website, which took a lot of time, and I can’t maintain it as a post here as well.
This guide features:
Clear and well lit photos
Screenshots of the software setup
A glossary
Price breakdown
Links to parts and tools
Step-by-step instructions for both hardware and software setup
Coming soon:
Tuning Your Ride
Troubleshooting Common Issues
Upgrades
FAQ
If you’re interested, check out the build guide on spinningmag.net.
Hello, I just followed this article and successfully converted my XR to VESC. I modified a fully assembled Flowglider from makers pev and have a CBXR with an Owie chip. Everything is working fine. I’ll be checking the range soon.
The reason for my conversion was because the 4212 XR software made it impossible to fully use the CBXR, even with the Owie chip. I’m excited to see the performance of this new build.
Thank you T.K. Garrett for the article. I also built a growler. I’m looking for a good tune for a trick board. I would appreciate if you know any.
Glad it helped you! I usually just start with the default config in the Float Package and tune it from there. If I do a trick and it feels weird or like it could be optimized, I’ll figure out which setting is relevant and try to get it dialed.
I’m in the same position. Have a 4212 XR. Put a CBXR and avaspark owie gumstick in back in December. I get better range than the original battery but not near what it could get. About 18 mile, but once the voltage gets to 50v and Overridden SOC about 15-20% I call it quits. Voltage sag got me once and dumped me hard. no pushback. Just cut off.
How is the VESC venture going. Any advice before I start down the road you took.
I’m going to answer my own question a year later- after riding it for over a year no id think you need that diode. Would it hurt? Probably not but I’ll tell you what’s going to hurt more - when you find out had you just gutted the bms you would have got double the mileage you were getting along with a lot more power . So while this setup was initially good in case you needed to swap the fm controller back in- which you did for about a month. It is not a good setup and you’ll not want to ride that fm controller or any other fm controlled board ever again in one years time. Even standing on one will feel like you’re riding a damn trotter or a hover board Kmart price of garbage. Sure the gts goes faster up hills but if I told you that this board in a time runner in the same trail as a gts will be able to run a faster time than it while going 2-3 mph slower as per top speed???
