Thanks I will check with him about the other CTF-90 drivers. I’m researching ahead of the current mod because the CTF-90 configuration will be implemented if the XHP 70.2 cooling is successful. I can set it up for 6v, 12v, or 24v. 2s4p, 4s2p, or 8s1p. But I don’t think the 24v is safe to use. :+1:
I think I saw it from Seattle 
I’d like to see a comparison with a small, low output thrower…like the BLF GT or something. 
:+1:
Haha 
Unfortunately I have no GT, and it’s been raining lately so I haven’t been able to do my proper tests and beamshots.
Hopefully next week 
It finally stopped raining so I could go outside and get some beamshots from a distance.
Problem was the humidity was still really high so the glass lens fogged up and you can see it is not as bright as the previous pictures.
Still clearly visible from down on the street though!
way too overexposed ^
here the lens was just covered in fog but the beam still proked through
Now that the weather is good I can finally go and take a measurement before sending it off to BVH
All the pictures and videos are recorded but it will probably only be around december when I actually get time to edit and upload everything.
CFT90 UPGRADE
Some pics of the new syniosbeam specifically built around the CFT90.
You can see the large cutout for the driver, and a bit different tubing routing and wiring (since it needs to handle 40 amps!)
CONCLUSION
Finally had a chance to go get some measurements, and had my friend help me out (you can see him in the pics)
Result: 100 x10 lux at 100.5m distance = 1000 lux at 100m = 10 000 000 lux at 1m
That is 10 000 000 candela 6.3km ANSI beam distance
The LX1330B meter I used is not perfect, so according to Djozz’s tests it could be about 5% higher than true values.
It’s pretty interesting though that the result was consistently 1000 lux at it’s peak, made the result a nice round number.
The meter was hovering at around 99-100 in the x10 mode.
The 10Mcd is very close to what I predicted with the CFT90, which was about 11Mcd in perfect conditions.
For some reason part of my reflector is a bit bent or something, there is a secondary ray of light that’s going off to the side which you may be able to see in some of the pictures.
If the reflector was perfect then we would have seen more than 10 million for sure.
That’s about it!
Thanks for following along with this project, I’ve learnt a lot along the way and hopefully you did too!
I’ve now got to pack it and ship it off to our resident super-thrower collector BVH
Awesome project Enderman. Hope you’ll not be arrested for this cause this can touch the moon 
Can you turn that into a flashlight? Seriously alot of people will buy a thrower designed by you
Haha thanks! The moon is still a bit out of reach, but this is still the most powerful led searchlight so I’m very happy with the result
By turn it into a flashlight do you mean make it smaller or make it cheaper or both?
Because technically it already is a flashlight, just a bulky expensive one lol
Put some GITD tape on the inside, drill a hole for a lanyard, and there ya go!
Oh, and give it a kewl name like EnderFire.
This build was so much work, I’ll probably not do any more flashlights this complex in the near future.
It was a great experience and broke a bunch of records but it’s honestly not something that could be mass produced.
From everything I learnt though I should be able to make even better projects in the future.
Bravo!
great work, this should be in the HALL OF FAME
Yes… And pic is taken in light polluted area. In very darkest nights this would look 2x more intense.
haha thanks!
I AM the light pollution :smiling_imp:
This was an awesome build. Thanks for sharing your journey
Thank you
Nicely done Enderman. Also nice beamshots with just the right exposure.
I’ve seen the light.
Simply wow Enderman. :+1: