Kilowatt - Meet the Man Who Spent 800 Hours to Boost Your E-Bike Performance
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- čas přidán 12. 07. 2024
- Derek Stavis is not only a super nice guy, but a whiz in the app development game.
When Derek upgraded his Sur Ron lite Bee X with an ASI BAC8000 controller, he discovered there was no way for him to tune his (fully programmable) controller.
Being an app developer, Derek set out to create his own app so that he could tweak the settings on his bike to allow it to reach its full potential.
Between 800 and 1000 hours later, the Kilowatt app is used by thousands of people all across the world. He has put it out into the world for FREE! Yes, that's right, but if you enjoy the app, please consider leaving a donation!
We got to take a deep dive into the development of the app, the story behind it and what Derek is up to overall
Donation Link Here 👇👇👇 Please support this guy's work! ($5 goes a long way)
ko-fi.com/derekstavis
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0:00 - Intro
2:00 - App Overview
4:02 - Interview Starts
5:07 - How It Started
7:24 - Derek's Background
14:17 - Contact with ASI
19:41 - What Derek's Riding
30:05 - Hardest Part Making the App
38:48 - Being a One Man Team
42:35 - Have You Messed Around With Vesk Or Other Softwares?
46:38 - History in Building Apps
47:54 - Future Projects?
54:27 - How Long Have You Been Working On The App?
56:19 - Outro - Věda a technologie
For real??? He got the Chimera BMX??
Super cool bike
Its a shame this episode is not getting the attention Derek deserves. ( And you of course)
Absolutely awesome app Thank you Derick I'm here someone said I was mention 😋 sweet love this app
@BuilditTuneitEV Would you be down to do an interview like this?
@@ElectricBikeLaboratory would love to brother!
@@BuildItTuneItEV Amazing, I'll send you an email ! 😁
@@BuildItTuneItEV Email sent to your upgrademyebike email
derek should be paid at least $500k for this app
Great interview , Very interesting, from start to finish.
Thank you!!
Thank you so much man.
Thanks for watching!! 👌😁
Wow, this was some good shit!
This is all great to hear and can't wait to tinker with my bac855 when I eventually get it!
Right ! It's a game changer 😁
Production tip:
For video interviews have the other person locally record their own video and audio so you can later sync it up in post for much better quality / latency.
That's a great tip, thank you! 😊
55:40 you can use the rpm+wheel size+gear ratio to measure the speed, no need for gps
This wont account for tire expansion under high speed.
Gps is the best method, I personally log both.
@@BuildItTuneItEV true but it's accurate enough for most people, tire doesn't expand much during 95+% of the ride
and gps updates super slowly 1hz usually
where can you find a manual / setup guide
What's the comparison between the ASI and the VESC controllers?
VESC are awesome but don't have integrations like displays / torque sensing / on road off road mode / and a lot of other things like that , but their motor control algorithm is possibly the best (in my experience)
@@ElectricBikeLaboratory Amazing.
I'm building affordable and capable ebikes for the Rwanda market but also looking into getting smart controllers rather than the cheap aliexpress ones for future upgrades.
But the price point for the ASI is quite prohibitive.
So, the VESC would have to do.
@@solomon__ejay With VESC being open source it will only get better with time and even right now they are very good
what is the visualizer app that you are using for your tablet?
what?
ASI got so jelly at kilowatt they made their own app which is crap compared to kilowatt