Yes Sir, that is all potentially very doable…
I would very much like to speak with you djozz, would you mind if I PM you .?
I am at the moment having one of those days, so I might need to PM tomorrow
(Oh, it’s Thanksgiving Day tomorrow) maybe PM later tonight or day after tomorrow, but I seriously do want to talk with you … :laughing: :+1:
Edit: Oh Ya, And Thank You by the way djozz, that was real nice of them for sure,
Yes, a PM is fine, it is late in the evening here though, so you may not get an immediate answer.
My Lucky Sun F3X came today, it’s got the cut outs across the fins like the D80, which I’m very happy with. It tests out at 2.54A and 1024 lumens, pretty lousy for a triple really.
That said, I will, of course, strive to achieve better results. 
Edit: Knowing that the UI will prevent keeping the stock driver, I wanted to see what some changes in the sense resistor bank would do. So I stacked a single R056 onto the bank of 3 R200 resistors, did top and bottom spring bypasses with 18ga Turnigy wire and bumped power from around 3A to 3.68A. (I measured 2.54A originally but it may have been in high, I was forgetting the Turbo sandwiched between Strobe and SOS)
So then I stacked a second R056 and it now pulls 6.10A in Turbo and does 1825 lumens. So 2 R056 resistors and a couple of short bits of wire and it’s nearly doubled it’s output. Interesting. So will it maintain this with 2 cells? Or would that fry it?
I’ll be getting some of Texas_Ace’s new drivers with Narsil on them in the coming week or so, I’ll wait till I have one of these new drivers before I go any further and kill it.
By the way, I’ve been using a well rested Efest light purple 3500mAh 26650 at 4.16V to begin with. Think I’ll charge it up to full capacity and see how that affects the F3X now that I’ve made the bumps…
Wow Sounds awesome that just two chips and bigger springs woke that baby up.
So what’s next? More chips? Change out the emitters? Dedome them? Change out driver when the Texas arrives?whats the UI like? Sounds awkward that u say turbo is inbetween strobe and sos.
Blueb8lz, mind that the ledboard is non-DTP, that ultimately limits what you can do. It would be awesome if Luckysun upgrades the L3X with a copper-DTP board, I really like this optic and beam.
Nice work! That DIY DTP board is pure skill and commitment.
Hi Dale, I’m really curious what your version of the F3X will be, I’m sure you will keep us informed :-).
I thought I’d mention again that for BLF members that LuckySun is offering all members of BLF a 15% discount which will bring this F3X-3 down to about $24 that’s a lot of light at a great price really, and this is at their AlieXpress store,
LuckySun/NicoNature Well, it’s the F3 page, but it’s the site.
When you are done ordering, on the home page use the contact the seller box and mention you are BLF and heard about the 15% discount here, and he will adjust your amount,
His name is Eason and just a real great guy,
I haven’t yet mentioned this via a formal posting because I am waiting for hear from a couple fellas about some other things regarding LuckySun and then I will post the discount formally, but everyone is free to mention to anyone they like… and please do… Thanks
AliExpress is also now accepting PayPal! 
(At least, they sent me an email saying they are…)
I’m not sure about how that works though, could it be that every ali-store must incorporate Paypal individually?
Haven’t looked into it yet, too broke. 
Does this fx3 have the finish and build quality of the d80. The d80 is still my favorite clicky switch light:)
It does have that finish. what disappoints are:
-the output, just 1000 lm
-the old gen. leds
-the non-DTP ledboard
-the driver looks well-made but is totally wrong: low freq. PWM and impossible UI.
AlieXpress had to do away with their AliePay and replaced it with PayPal.
I believe during check out process PayPal will now be in the slide out bar of additional payment methods, I can check on this for a more definite explanation but have heard of the problems and saw the warnings of AliePay going to the wayside on Jan 1, 2017.
Djozz, did you get my PM or did I forget to send it…? Sometimes you know I screw up and think I did something and didn’t…?
Edit: By the way did I mention I also ask dumb questions sometimes, how about I just look in my messages sent thing, geez… :person_facepalming:
My horrid memory is rubbing off on BLF members, OH NO!
Ha Ha Yes it is Dale, I’m trying to reply to you and I am sitting here somewhat dumb founded but loving ever thought that is going through my head re: F3 Slayer… haha WOW … :smiling_imp:
Well, the D80 got pretty popular, somehow folks missed this bigger brother the F3X, but I’m betting an even larger bigger brother would capture some attention. Maybe stay with the F3X 26650 layout, increase the diameter and depth of the head but maintain the profile for the “family look” and use a reflector that would achieve some nice throw, could be a pretty sweet deal for Lucky Sun and give us a new platform to try out emitters.
Edit Out my comment, I think I need to start a new F3 thread, I feel I shouldn’t be hijacking Djozz mod thread with the comments re: the future of a F3 if that makes sense,
I am going to contact the fella and let him know what’s going on and I agree completely with you Dale, very doable project I believe and I also believe they want to get moving as soon as possible.
I’m perfectly fine with using this thread for future F3X plans.
(I saw your PM but have not replied yet 
Some PM’s need a bit more dedication to answer than others)