I built a Car out of Hoverboards

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Can your normal car become a Tesla using hoverboards? How many would it take? How fast could it go?
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[@George-bc7ej]

Just remember that better help sells your mental health information to advertisers.

[@Bowzoka]

Yep

[@13jodalow13]

I now want a car where the wheels don't spin. Don't care how. But a video of a car going down the road without the wheels spinning would be awesome.

[@JoelCreates]

It's super trippy

[@biginfluencer5252]

But that happens anyway just because of the frame rate lol (Getting a video of a car going down the road without the wheels spinning)

[@13jodalow13]

@@biginfluencer5252 yes. Like in a lot of helicopter videos. But doing it without video editing. That would be cool

[@trashtrash2169]

You can't really do it by just matching the framerate with the rotation of the wheel, because the blur would give it away. It wouldn't look like the car was going down the road with stationary wheels, it'd look like you matched the framerate. You would also need to have a high shutter speed/low exposure to reduce the blur, then bump up the levels in post processing to bring the image back up to normal brightness.

[@trashtrash2169]

Do note that it'd look weird in a new way as you would also have removed motion blur from everything, and added noise to the picture depending on your camera quality. With more editing you could probably convincingly smooth out the noise and add the motion blur back in. At that point it would've been easier to just film a car and replace just the wheels in post.

[@fojcol]

That last shot was priceless! Nice vid. Looks like if you could get all the electronics figured out and ran it on smooth asphalt, you could get 10-15 mph.

[@JoelCreates]

I was guessing around 15 too

[@taylorjs2944]

THANKS KERRY

[@Dogburt_Junior]

@@JoelCreatesTo get that fast you'd need to rewire the motor phases. They're not in optimal configuration for power or speed. You should rewire the phase coils for high voltage. Should be possible without re-winding each motor. I barely get 15mph on my hoverboard eboard running on 12S with 4 hoverboards running on VESCs.

[@parkerlreed]

Yet another BetterHelp advertisement. Did we learn nothing from their DATA BREACH??

[@MrQuickLine]

Reminder that Better Help got slapped for selling peoples' medical data illegally.

[@sannyassi73]

They're all about profit. There's been some documentaries about them lately- maybe 'worse help' is a more proper name.

[@VeryRGOTI]

​@@sannyassi73 Worse help is definitely a better name. They have been compared to normal office therapies and are considered inferior.

[@stratos2]

Joel, great video, but please don't partner with better help. They are an extremely sketchy company and you risk hurting those who need help the absolute most.

[@MustardM00se]

Exactly!!!

[@shiba7651]

Imagine an actual product similar to that for when your car stops working and you don't feel like waiting for hours to get towed home. I'd buy it

[@plzletmebefrank]

That is an interesting idea. Since it would account for several points of failure.

[@DiverseGreen-Anon]

sadly spare tires exist ... but maybe if the "device" fits into less space, like two hoverboards connected by a net or some fabric then it could replace that? @@plzletmebefrank

[@Deja117]

There is a product like this. Look at the Icra-2015, this is a fairly outdated design, but it's the first video I could find on here relating to the subject of interest. Some parking lots actually use this. Mainly to get vehicles out of the premises that have overstayed their welcome. They do cost a fair amount though, as they need to be engineered to handle the weight of most vehicles, which can be well above 2 tons.

[@drippingwax]

Robot Cantina modifies little cars to accept Harbor Freight and small diesel engines, but I wish that I could see a bolt-in replacement.

[@FUCKDSS]

​@@plzletmebefrank it would cover 90 percent of failures engine , transmission, rear axle failure, a flat tire , I think it would do good for a alot .... even braking if the wheels pushing have a reverse that may work for breaking but I'm thinking that and suspension breakage may be the only time it wouldn't fix it .... but I mean some one would blow a motor or and just keep recharging hover boards till 2 or 3 paydays from then to fix 😂 I'd be that guy just saying a clutch can be as cheap as 80 bucks but putting that thing ins a tougher one

[@brandontanner97]

Better help is a scam.

[@Jpbawlings]

Why?

[@lordofvapor9476]

@@Jpbawlingsthey don’t hire real therapists look into it

[@ronanburke7222]

Bot

[@thesaturdaydude]

@@Jpbawlingsthe therapist on there aren’t actually licensed therapist

[@Jpbawlings]

@@thesaturdaydude aaah ic, well atleast they seem to help people who would never go to a "normal" therapist. Strange that they lie about the licensed part on their adds though XD.

[@WH1T3_No1SE]

Better help is a scam, just go to actual psychiatrist.

[@jhwblender]

Imagine how cool it would be if this was a fully developed and engineered kit that you could put on your car! 🛫 Great job on the build! So much fun to watch!

[@JoelCreates]

Thank you for all the help!

[@uh-nuh]

I saw one, they was using in auto parks, ill try to find the video

[@plzletmebefrank]

​@@uh-nuh I'd be interested in seeing a fully developed version of the idea.

[@andrew.nicholson]

@@uh-nuhI think I found what you’re talking about. I tried to post a link, but I think KZbin is deleting it as spam. The title of the video has “ICRA 2015 AVERT” in it.

[@uh-nuh]

@@andrew.nicholson youtube doesnt even let their links posted on their site like what Yeah it was kind of like that, i saw on a repo youtuber/tiktoker. The machine was a large but thin skateboard that you can lay on it, he writed on the screen "future of towing cars?" something like that. İ couldnt find it sadly, youtube history's search is s * ck, doesnt work properly just like the main searchbar

[@suppersimon]

Thanks Kerry.

[@leoncaples2947]

Thanks Kerry.

[@lucasguythebest]

@@leoncaples2947 Thanks Kerry.

[@boxingodric]

Thanks Kerry.

[@LordOfTheChickinz]

@@lucasguythebestthanks kerry

[@zerocks88]

thanks kerry

[@DustanWebb]

While not as many, I have been beating my head against my own hoverboard robot project for my kids for the last few weeks... had 2 working hovers but different boards. Burnt one up, decided to buy 2 like boards... whole new set of firmware problems... burnt one of the new boards up, bought another plus 2 controllers like you were using. I think I finally have got everything going and am about to build the final frame. Don't you just love these kind of projects😅 Cool video, I always enjoy your videos

[@Bmr4life]

Link to the controller?

[@Milkex]

I was wondering where Michael Reeves got his new "I made a car out of electric scooters" video idea

[@EmotionalSupportCube]

man every time you upload a video it puts a smile on my face because I KNOW it's going to be the absolute most absurd -- and in turn awesome -- thing I've ever seen. and I'm certainly not disappointed today. :D

[@JoelCreates]

Thank you!

[@abdulwaheedouabihi5903]

Would like to see you revisit this again but with maybe a different car where you remove all the unnecessary internals to make it as light as possible and maybe find a different way to apply power from the hoverboard motors to the car

[@matthewf1979]

Better Help is a SCAM. They got ran off KZbin once for the absolute bullshit they peddled in these sponsored ads, and nothing has changed with the company.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Thanks Kerry! For enabling content like this. Failure is always an option and something to learn from for the _next_ crazy idea.

[@CodyHovland]

This is an awesome idea. So is the car technically a hover car now?

[@americanstudent9062]

employee at one of the shops: _looks out the window_ Joel and Co: _weeeeeeee_

[@DaimyoD0]

12:19 This is fricken hilarious. Quincy's kind of a riot lmao. "Maybe the answer will reveal itself if I finish this Taco Bell." LOL

[@nmancreative]

This would actually be nice for moving cars around a yard when you've got the motor out etc. Like a beefer version you can drop the car on real quick and move it down the drive way or something.

[@garnethart1137]

"We made it 100 feet" f'n hilarious! Cool video but that last line topped it off

[@yourlocalrussiankid9162]

the sound they made is the coolest part

[@Calamari_]

ok so, i know they aren't made for this, but all i could think of while watching this, was how easy it would be to steal a car with these

[@oliverer3]

The only good thing about hoverboards is that they made fairly high torque low speed bldc motors that are easily and cheaply repurposeable for fun hobby projects.

[@idahobob]

You answer is Mecanum Wheels! Make something able to move around light cars without having to push them around. Would be great for car projects, tight parking of cars... and very slow drifting in a parking lot.

[@drkalamity4518]

I just wanna say "MOM AND DAD" at the top of the patrons list really touched my heart

[@TheOriginalCoolDad]

The outro.... we all needs friends like that.... LMAO!!

[@Zimmon375]

Car on life support.

[@gh0stm0nst3r6]

Got mine for like ten a pop. The kid is into combat robots now and we needed guts. ITS LIT

[@uvbe]

love the idea -- you dont really need the internals of a car, or the wheels really. If you scrap a chasis and put those wheels itd be way lighter and hopefully work better (and faster!)

[@CoolGuyWithAPen]

Make a working airplane next

[@Alexaction223]

I really hope you revisit this idea in the future, maybe, just maybe, with cool custom weatherproof compartments for the electronics to sit in in the case of rain foiling your plans again.

[@xymaryai8283]

these motors could probably fit in the space the normal axle takes up... if you could get enough similar motors, you could drive all of them with 1 or 2 big controllers (might need 1 for each side because of the differential) and have it look exactly like a normal EV swap

[@replikvltyoutube3727]

I think you should try spin the car wheels with those motors instead of driving them on ground. As a resistance motor. Tyre is softer than road so there will be less shock on them and ofc they would need to support the car

[@Chester200100]

Lmao I almost spat my coffee at the beans joke good job

[@neuralgarden]

"Why didn't it work?" "Maybe the answer will reveal itself if I finish this Taco Bell." This man is wise beyond his years.

[@Ground15]

which controllerboards did you end up using for those motors?

[@solosailorsv8065]

Idea: Multi-motor pancake motor: If you replace the tires with gears and put all 16 into a planetary drive arraignment with an outer drive ring, you'd have a "junk-yard sourced" motor capable of driving a car. Welding & machine shop required....

[@TheNinzorn]

2:00 Thanks Kerry!

[@yariktelyashenko3774]

Its so absurd, that is absolutely genius! Awesome work!

[@5minutehacks989]

i remember using those same motor controllers to control some hoverboard motors with an arduino. Needless to say smelling that magically smoke of death after accidentally using 6v more than the labeled 36v was very tragic

[@fireandcopper]

7:59 an excellent Canadian hoser accent

[@JoelCreates]

Maybe I just forgot to do my American accent

[@Bjawae]

This is great for a small tug or tow for automated parking garages. Well done concept.

[@scraub8913]

To be fair getting it off the driveway and on the road was pretty cool

[@BearioProductions]

Awesome collab with quincy sandbank! I spotted the hoverboards in the back of one of quincys videos, and wondered what he was up to, now I know!

[@IncompetentEarl]

10:33 Ayyo, man's got a rip stick! Same

[@gardenguy357]

that moment when the background music in this video is just like your playlist on spotify so you think spotify is on at the same time

[@thomblueart8448]

seeing a car moving without the wheels moving looks likes magic

[@marsrover001]

Bet if you took all the gas bits out to make it lighter it would work better.

[@JoelCreates]

It was missing some of the engine at least

[@snjert8406]

All the motors made a cool sound, too! Awesome project, that line at the end made me laugh too :D

[@turle8645]

I think you should try this again with a car from the junk yard and remove as much weight as possible

[@5265060]

the peoples car was the perfect model for this experiment. I applaud you're fine taste, good sir.

[@IrregularShed]

The disco lights on the wheels really make it. Thanks Kerry!

[@jttech44]

To be honest, something like this would be useful in place of wheel dollies if you had to move cars around fairly often.

[@zerounderscore]

if you guys want something like a hoverboard but high quality I would recommend EUCs like the A2 or Mten4. EUCs are electric unicycles and are pretttty cool.

[@liamtop8925]

Should have used 500w brushless controllers instead of the original controller that was in the hoverboard

[@JoelCreates]

I didn't use the original controllers

[@Nojustno69]

Bro you need more subscribers, this is amazing content and deserves a lot of attention

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

Everything bad with this project is because you didn't use enough hoverboards. What you need is more hoverboards. Keep making trips to the dump. Well also, umm, if your hoverboards fail you can't stop, the wheels already aren't moving. So, I think it needs probably a boat anchor that works on asphalt or something. But the design is solid.

[@lawnmowerdude]

This will make restomods a lot easier lol. Just find an old car in the woods full of squirrels not even needing to put air in the tires and your off hahaha.

[@stagergamer4172]

Now that makes me think, if you tear all of the hoverboards apart and gear all of the motors together in a sort of "super motor" you might make it work better

[@maplejakee]

Hi Joel! Awesome idea. I was wondering though, would you ever make a V2 of this? I feel like if you used powerful hub motors/wheels pulled off a few electric skateboards with their respective battery packs it and apply it the same way it could be much better! I can pull a car with my own electric skateboard so it would probably work really well and you'd also have a much higher top speed/range. Anyway, just an idea. Cheers!

[@hardrivethrutown]

I bet if they put all the motors around a big gear, or flywheel, attached to the driveshaft, it would be a lot closer to an electric car

[@Dimencia]

This was pretty cool but, kinda backwards I think; wouldn't it make more sense to use the hoverboard wheels to spin the car wheels, kinda like a pair of gears? There'd be no real weight on them, and it wouldn't have problems turning (assuming you're doing it on the back wheels only) Maybe a long 2x4 running parallel to the car's axle, strapped to the frame. On each side at the car's wheels, slap on a door hinge attached to a pipe attached to a hoverboard. Tie a strap to the hoverboard, hand it to the driver through an open window, and have them pull harder or softer as a sort of clutch, to keep it from dying on takeoff and to avoid problems from the moving suspension. Seems like the right level of hilarious jankiness, and might even work As a bonus, it would probably be (a little more) street legal, legitimately driveable and kinda fail-safe, because the worst that could happen is the hoverboards burn out and you can't accelerate anymore (rather than grinding along the ground and messing with steering and braking). Coasting would also work nicely. If you have them pressing against the inside of the tire, they'd be kinda invisible, except for the strap running up through the window. Or the outside would work too, wouldn't be as fun if you couldn't see them

[@eternalprogression]

that was the best "failed" video ever😂. I think it literally turned out better than if it had worked.

[@congruentcrib]

Steering wheel was all sideways because your thrust angle was off. I honestly want someone to pull up and ask me to align it. I always at least try.

[@Avetho]

Thanks, Kerry! You are a champ

[@ipadLloyd]

as of now, not a SOUL has watched this video all the way through, other then those who worked on it.

[@madmachanicest9955]

This would be great as a tool to help move and tow broken down cars

[@BenRyherd]

Only a minute and a half in, but I think hoverboard motors are a couple hundred watts each usually, one horsepower is 750 watts (ignoring losses) so to even get 5 horsepower equivalent with hoverboard motors you'd be looking at 12 or so hoverboard motors. According to google the currently available car with the least horsepower is the Mitsbishi i and it still has 66hp or ~165 hoverboard motors...

[@thepastplayer4988]

Honestly seems like an awesome idea to do again, awesome video

[@crazybird199]

Thanks for making this video possible, Kerry.

[@RobsNeighbor]

Great job Joel! Love the way you think, your creativity is Awesome! Thank's Kerry!

[@Joaco2008rost]

THIS CHANEL IS SO UNDERRATEEEEEDDDD

[@nussnougat5462]

Wonderful video!! Maybe you should change the title to something more like: " I build a working car out of hoverboards" that would have catched me more, I think. :) Its a shame that this video is not viral because it kinda has it all there.

[@trstmeimadctr]

10:10 give it the beans, Joel

[@bobbyhan5504]

This must be so many man hours for all the alterations and upgrades. Well done!

[@MagesIncorporated]

This content is slept on hard. Absolutely loved it. Quincy's comment at the end got me 🤣 Also, thanks Kerry

[@Scoundrel1974]

I love looking and seeing the thumbnail, not even reading the title and thinking, will these guys ever make something that doesn't look suspiciously like an IED? then clicking on it, and then reading the title. I'm starting to think this is a form of clickbait at this point and I'm more surprised its working lmao. Cheers Joel for the awesome video!

[@stumpybumpo]

Thanks, Kerry!

[@Puppy52]

Thanks Kerry😁

[@9999crazymonkey]

you could have just bought some of the AVERT car moving robots

[@5265060]

i would love to see this tried again with a gutted shell

[@SirAzur3]

One thing ive learned from messing with hoverboard motors is that some of the aluminum wheels have twice the torque or more compared to any of the plastic ones. The plastic ones are extremely weak in torque.

[@panic_button]

Thanks kerry! Do you have a link to the ESC's you used?

[@VencentCross]

the opening to this is like The Count from Sesame Street on cocaine.

[@velocity_50]

Thanks Kerry❤

[@SytanOfficial]

Please do not take sponsorhips from better help! They are a horrible company that takes advantage of their therapists while paying them barely above minimum wage for their work. They have also been caught and fined for selling users very important personal information to billion dollar corps so they can know if they are "depressed" and give them ads for anti-depressants, and various other horrible things like that. They have already had to pay out large settlements to their users after they were caught breaking extremely important patient confidentiality laws. They have also gone on multiple aggressive smear campaigns after several creators that have spoken out about them and how they abuse their workers with inhumane wages and extremely unhealthy work hour goals.

[@LethalEngineering]

This is the thumbnail and title this video deserves!

[@user-jp2pn1db2h]

Thanks Kerry 😄😊

[@hobie355]

i am incredibly surprised it went as fast as it did, great video!

[@jakobfindlay4136]

This car you really do have to give it the beans to make it go

[@ARockyRock]

proves just how little power you need to move a car

[@InsanityPlusOne]

I mean hoverboards are good for the correct usecase, like this cool quad amputee producer I met at my go to bar who gets around on one who I can only imagine would have a much harder time without.

[@JustGoAndFly]

You've outdone yourself with this one Joel you are facking nuts

[@JoelCreates]

Aww shucks

[@slothbones9677]

Thanks Kerry

[@SunroseStudios]

"yes, if only briefly"

[@chatzzz9063]

Thanks Kerry!

[@Birch_ON]

Hey Joel, love the video. But I just wanna tell you that your sponsor (betterhelp) is currently being sued by the FTC for selling user data and breaking their end of their user privacy policy.

[@CheeseMeat_]

Anything but a Better Help sponsor even Temu or Nord is better