That is one mean looking cool flashlight! Good job on centering the LEDs too. Looking forward to some beam shots.
Thanks for the comments, guys. I will look for a good location to do the beam shots. I’m thinking about 300-500m is a good distance to show the strengths of this light.
Wow, awesome build :+1:
You might think about making a second one for body symmetry :laughing:
Looking forward to the beamshots :sunglasses:
Awesome!
Wow! 9,000 lumens with a mile of throw! Awesome job!
Insane! Never would have thought u could get close to 800kcd with c8 reflectors.
I would have guessed 350kcd.
Maybe not with one but with 7 all well aimed maybe so.
Excellent!!! We want photos in operation !!
Thanks for sharing this with us EasyB! :+1:
Flashlights are so much fun to build. I really look forward to the beam shots, and a possible YouTube video of this Beast.
Well done. You are now King of the C8 combo!
Well, candela scales almost linearly with the number of heads you add to the light…
If one head can do >100kcd then 7 heads will do >700kcd.
Holy smokes! Nicely done!
Maybe you should call it “C56”
Sweet.
Wow what a monster!
That’s pretty cool
Beamshots!!!
Nice build! Like others, I’m looking forward to the beamshots!
Love it. Congrats on the monster.
So cool ! A real monster
You should check output with some 30A batteries , some VTC5 / VTC5A or newer 20700 40 amp batteries .
Glad you guys like it.
As some have pointed out, this light is essentially 7 C8s pointed at the same spot. On average that is 105Kcd per reflector. Better driven (6A per LED), this light could reach 7*150Kcd=1050Kcd. Right now 3 of the LEDs are getting 5A and the other 4 are getting 3.75A. I could rewire the LEDs to work with 3s (2p-2p-3p). I estimate that this would increase output and throw by 12, but increase power consumption by 25.
I’ve got a couple 3-500m beamshot locations scoped out on google maps…
Very interesting build! If you use XP-L HI emitters I think the candela can easily break the 1M mark!
Insane monster build!! :+1: