I bow before you fine sir, absolutely amazing project and outstanding execution.
Amazing work !
I canāt wait for the final measurement after the focus tuning :sunglasses:
Is there any spill ? Or does the recoil configuration make a pencil beam only ?
Thanks guys 
Yes it is beam only, like an aspheric thrower.
No chromatic aberration though, so spot is all evenly coloured.
Also the spot is a round shape due to the large difference in angles that the reflector picks up light at, no square die projection.
Those flashlightlens lenses are that clear Iāve had people putting fingerprints all over them as they dont believe it has a lens on it at all. :person_facepalming:
Iāve only just caught up with this build. Seriously impressive!!
You are joining in in the fun on the next scratch-built comp, no??
With the pump getting hot, Iām wondering if you could run it at a lower voltage?
Great build! 
Drool!
How about a motorized tripod and a remote control for it?
Awesome!
So how does the beam profile compare to a typical reflector light?
I donāt really know what to sayā¦ Very bright night(so it naturally downgrades cd performance) and just incredible brightness at that distance.
But maybe youāll really have to stay with black flat. Why?
Djozz also made small aspheric Synios build and while he expected candela boom it even did not managed to out throw good old XP-G2:
Hahaha true
A lower voltage would reduce the heat, but also the flow rate.
Now that I added a heat path to the body it isnāt heating up
I might join the scratch build contest, however it took a year to plan and design this light, and there are still small things going wrong, so I doubt I would do a project this complex for a scratch build contest.
I bought a tiny tripod for it, so I can point it at different angles easily:
Well the biggest difference is it has no spill, also the corona is much less pronounced, so the transition from spot to darkness is a lot faster as you can see in the pic.
The spot is not perfectly round though, not sure if it is my focusing or just the reflectorās precision.
I will need to do further tests with the synios LEDs.
My first test from two days ago didnāt look like higher intensity than the OptoFire but it was definitely not well focused.
First I want to measure the black flat though.
That is really awesome work. I love to see envelopes being pushed.
Wooooaaaah! I missed this thread for weeks and was drawn in again by the mention of beamshots. This is fantastic work Enderman! A much cleaner build than the Optofire, and a bigger/further/better beam of course! Very very nice, Iām looking forward to more beamshots and numbers.
Great Job man! really awesomeā¦ group buy? 
Thank you, thatās what I love to do
A lot more complicated too!
Same, Iām curious to see how far off my estimates are.
Haha thanks, very few people are interested in spending that much money on a thrower 
Who knows, maybe in the future I can design a more affordable one that people would be willing to buy.
I mean, silent thunder ordnance sells mediocre 3D printed flashlights for hundreds of dollars when their parts only cost less than a hundred.
Fantastic build! Put me on the list for two please.
Hahaha thanks
I know youāre joking because you have probably read all the component prices in the budget
I agree Enderman stepped it up bigtime for this build. A little more detail on construction of the cooling system (bending the tubing, etc) would be great. It turned out really well.
I am a big fan of the Optofire. That light still inspires me to one day try to fab up something all my own. This is on a whole new level of awesome. I love the form factor! Iām thinking a chest harness might be kinda handy, and nerdy cool. Amazing work!
I guess a name change might make sense?
Yes he will have to change if Synios is not up for the task. Black sun or somethingā¦ Lets wait and see what Enderman will cook.
CFT-90 driver in development
this is the stage after 90 minutes starting from 2 of my Buck designs to make 8 6A fit
