The B-29, my light project

[spookydave]

Originally Posted by BrewMaster

Dave, these lights of yours are getting expensive! Multiple drivers, a gaggle of emitters...scary, but really cool!

And it will still be 100's of dollars less then a wimpnewt but twice as bright.


1 beam -> sorry, I'm not building wimpy lights. lol
2 beam -> B-10
3 beam -> B-17
4 beam -> B-29
6 beam -> B-52

[spookydave]

more goods rolled in today. I got the battery and charger.
Looks like I've already saved some weight.
Old NightRider NiMH (water bottle style) weighs in @ 1.645 pounds.
New 11.1V 7,200mAh Li-Ion Trial-Tech Plug Water Bottle Battery is 1.320 pounds. Now I kinda wish I would have went for the 9,600mAh delio

http://www.batteryspace.com/index.as...&Category=1303


I've had some questions via PM's from a few people. Later on today I'll just answer all of them here. I figure others would like the same info.

[Chewyeti]

keep the gangrene at bay dude.....

[boludo]

Heres another example for you Dave.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...d.php?t=167735

[spookydave]

Originally Posted by boludo

Heres another example for you Dave.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...d.php?t=167735

Bro, would you be proud to tell people you made that?
It might work good but it has no style. Gotta have style mang.

[Bryguy17]

Originally Posted by spookydave

Bro, would you be proud to tell people you made that?
It might work good but it has no style. Gotta have style mang.

so true, the more important half of everything is how good something looks .

keep us informed on the build, especially once the housings start getting finished

[BrewMaster]

Originally Posted by spookydave

Bro, would you be proud to tell people you made that?
It might work good but it has no style. Gotta have style mang.

why care about style when you're riding in the dark?

[spookydave]

Originally Posted by BrewMaster

why care about style when you're riding in the dark?

Well because I'll have to look at it in the daylight too.
Style is subjective. It comes down to different strokes for different folks I guess.

[spookydave]

Ok this is getting totaly carried away.
I just orderd more drivers and more Cree R2's.

sick man, just sick. If this is what a good herion hit feels like no wonder there are so many junkies.

boludo, I'll have around 60 extra housings is if you want some I'll fix you up.

[Chewyeti]

Originally Posted by BrewMaster

why care about style when you're riding in the dark?

is that the same as... who cares what she looks like if you have sex in the dark?

[tkblazer]

Originally Posted by spookydave

Ok this is getting totaly carried away.
I just orderd more drivers and more Cree R2's.

sick man, just sick. If this is what a good herion hit feels like no wonder there are so many junkies.

boludo, I'll have around 60 extra housings is if you want some I'll fix you up.

hahah you're hooked dood! let us know what the pricing for the housings will be once its all said and done

[spookydave]

Originally Posted by tkblazer

hahah you're hooked dood! let us know what the pricing for the housings will be once its all said and done

will do mang. The first batch will be at pretty much my cost with no machine time factored in. After that, well my lathe payment is more then my house payment so .......

[boludo]

No doubt style counts. If its worth doing, its worth over-doing.

Check out these LEDs. If I'm reading right, it would appear that there are 3 emitters on a normal sized star that puts out 300 lumen per.

http://ledsupply.com/endorstar.php

Remember Dave, we need pics. Please.

[Flat Broke]

The only problem I'd see with that is getting an optics package to address the 3 emmitters in such a small footprint. Most of the multiple emmitter optics that I have seen are based around the MR11 and MR16 form factors. Still cool, though. It shows how fast this technology is being embraced and tinkered with. That usually always leads to nice advancements for the consumer.

Chris

[BrewMaster]

Originally Posted by boludo

No doubt style counts. If its worth doing, its worth over-doing.

Check out these LEDs. If I'm reading right, it would appear that there are 3 emitters on a normal sized star that puts out 300 lumen per.

http://ledsupply.com/endorstar.php

Remember Dave, we need pics. Please.

That's not bad. At 3.4 V each, the battery would be a little on the large side, but you could make a nice, compact helmet lamp driven at 1 Amp and get a lot of bang in a single housing.

Optics would be a challenge, but POL makes their 181 series for the Rebels with 3 LEDs on one star. Here's the PDF data sheet. I'm sure Carclo will have something too.

[Nagaredama]

How is the project coming along?