Battosaii: Battosaii: So many issues i hope you can work through them

Yes lots of stupid problems… It’s​ crazy how much detail we provide on everything but still there is always the possibility for communication problems or misunderstanding that ensures things get screwed​ up.

I hate to think what this product would be if my team & I where not here doing the hard work first hand!

Now the challenge is to put systems in place that work reliably without my supervision. Fortunately, I am working with some very experienced production engineers that are based in China and they are putting process in place that I would never have even imagined. Mind blown.

I have learned one VERY important lesson. Building stuff in your garage doesn’t scratch the surface of what is needed for a scalable mass production product. The difference is chalk and cheese.

Today I built another ccomplete unit with the parts we had available, this build was filmed and photographed specifically for the build instructions which need to be completed next week… Also today sent one R2 unit to our software engineer in Germany to do the final firmware tweaks to maximize efficiency and performance.

On a sad/lonely note; My core team headed home today so I’m feeling like this week is really going to be a big test of my perserverence and self belief. Fortunately I have the support of this community and my wife and kids to push me forward.

So Its Sunday tomorrow and I’ll be sleeping in and having a day off to recharge the batteries. I plan to be relaxing as much as possible and also go for a ride on the Raptor 2 and soak up some of the local scenery. I’ll try to get some riding footage & share it.

Technically this is the first Raptor 2 being shipped! It’s for our software engineer for tuning purposes though! So not really “offically shipping” yet

This is the unit I built today for training and documentation​