Range Testing My DIY Lead Acid Powered Electric Skateboard

It's time for a range test of my DIY electric skateboard! Since my eskate is using lead acid batteries (SLA AGM) and not lithium, I didn't know how the board would perform once it gets down into the lower voltage curve. Will my electric skateboard retain enough power to fully drain the battery? Will I slow down more and more the further I go? The results were more or less what I expected, but not as much as I hoped. Still, this was a fun, cheap and inexpensive DIY build; and gave me a chance to show what a lead acid powered eskate is capable of!
Chapters:
00:00 - Premise
00:24 - Range test
04:53 - End of test
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12v 9ah Batteries (3 of):
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36v SLA battery charger:
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XT-60 cable (cut off female end and bolt to most-positive and most-negative battery terminals)
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Drive train (trucks, wheels, motor)
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ESC & remote:
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[@Leo-tt7ly]

I can hear the pain as it fights to get you up the hill.
I'm impressed that a lead battery with the 1 motor performs so well. I think with another motor and battery added it would be a serious beast.

[@MikeInTheWoods]

I don't think the issue was the motor, I think it was the batteries. They can't pump out juice like a li-ion battery can. I think it was already bottlenecked by the battery output

[@DylanPerryFeatureAnimation]

Interesting stuff. It would be great if you could test it against a lithium battery on the same board.